good faith.” DeJesus v. Starr Technical Risks Agency, Inc., 2005 WL 957389, at *2, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7152, at *5 (S.D.N.Y. April 25, 2005) (citing Whitfield, 241 F.3d at 272-73). Furthermore, “although a district court may deny costs based on financial hardship, indigency per se does not preclude an award of costs against an unsuccessful litigant.” Whitfield, 241 F.3d at 272-73; see also Dejesus, 2005 WL 957389, at *2, 2005 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 7152, at *5-6 (upholding an award of costs against a party who had filed for bankruptcy); Yadav v. Brookhaven Nat'l Lab., 219 F.R.D. 252, 254 (E.D.N.Y.2004) (“[A] party’s indigence does not preclude an award of costs.”); Vails v. Police Dep't, No. 96 Civ. 5283, 1999 WL 970490, at *1, 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 16423, at *1-2 (S.D.N.Y. Oct. 22, 1999) (<HOLDING>); Glucover v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co., No. 91
recognizing that an award of temporary attorneys fees and costs is based on an assessment of need and ability to pay as well as the reasonableness of the fees and costs holding that costs are not fixed until judgment is entered and interest can only run on costs when due holding that investigatory costs are considered costs of response under cercla holding that courier and messenger costs are not taxable costs holding that although the losing partys financial situation made it difficult to bear the costs imposed her claim of indigence did not warrant setting aside the costs award