Mansourian

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER

This matter is before the court on plaintiffs’ objections to defendants’ bill of costs and motion to deny defendants’ bill of costs in its entirety, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54. For the reasons set forth below, plaintiffs’ motion to deny defendants’ bill of costs is GRANTED.

BACKGROUND

This case arises out of the lack of opportunities for female students to participate in varsity wrestling at the University of California, Davis (“UCD”) arid, more generally, the effective accommodation of athletic opportunities for women at UCD. Plaintiffs Arezou Mansouriari (“Mansouri- an”), Lauren Mancuso (“Mancuso”), and Christine Wing-Si Ng (“Ng”) (collectively “plaintiffs”) are former female wrestlers at UCD. Plaintiffs filed this action on behalf of themselves and a putative class on December 18, 2008. Plaintiffs named as defendants in their individual and official capacities the following parties: the Regents of the University of California; the Chancellor of the University, Larry Van-derhoef; the Athletic Director at the University, Greg Warzecka; Associate Athletic Directors of the University, Pam Gill-Fisher and Lawrence Swanson; and former…