counsel and hence are not taxable costs. The Court disagrees with Plaintiffs, however, to the extent that Plaintiffs argue that all photocopying expenses are not taxable costs. Both 28 U.S.C. § 1920(4) and Local Rule 54.1 specify that taxable costs include “fees for exemplification and copies of papers necessarily obtained for use in the case.” 28 U.S.C. § 1920(4). Although the statute does not explicitly address costs for photographs utilized in the lawsuit, courts have broadly interpreted “copies of papers” to also encompass necessary photography costs. See, e.g. 89, 390 (D.D.C.1995) (noting that “the overwhelming weight of authority” has “declined to award costs for courier services, postage, telephone or fax charges”); Embotelladora Agral Regiomontana, 952 F.Supp. at 418 (<HOLDING>). As Defendant has not presented the Court with
holding that the costs of computerized research should be characterized not as taxable costs but as attorneys fees holding that civil rights complainants with pending eeoc charges should file their section 1981 claims in court and request a stay until the charges are resolved holding that postage charges and telecopy charges are not taxable costs holding that federal express costs telephone expenses and postage expenses did not qualify as taxable costs holding that courier and messenger costs are not taxable costs