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404 27 FEDERAL SUPPLEMENT, 2d SERIES process, messenger service, transportation, and deposition transcripts). The Second Cir- cuit, however, has disallowed reimbursement for computer research on the grounds that it "is merely a substitute for an attorney's time that is compensable under an application for attorneys' fees and is not `a separately tax- able cost." United Stalest Merritt Meridi- an Const. Corp, 95 F.3d 153, 173 (2d Cir. 1996); see also LeBlanc-Sternben I Fletch- er, 143 F.34 748, 763 (2d Cir.I998). There- fore, I will not allow plaintiffs attorney to be reimbursed $125.13 for her computer re- search time. Accordingly, plaintiffs attorney is entitled to an award of costs in this case in the amount of $3,525.86. CONCLUSION For the foregoing reasons, plaintiffs mo- tion for attorney's fees and costs, pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1988, is granted in part, and plaintiffs attorney, Margaret Somerset, is awarded $94,738.16. That sum shall be paid within forty-fwe (4