ORDER

RAYMOND P. MOORE, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff's Motion for Review of Clerk's Taxation of Costs (ECF No. 61). Defendants have filed a response (ECF No. 62). The Court denies the motion for the reasons given below. This Court granted Defendants' motion to dismiss on July 30, 2019. (ECF No. 51.) Defendants timely filed a bill of costs pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(d)(1), 28 U.S.C. § 1920, and D.C.COLO.LCivR 54.1, seeking costs totaling $1,470 for a single transcript. Plaintiff objected to the costs when the parties conferred, but the parties agreed to a hearing on September 17, 2019. Plaintiff's counsel did not appear at the hearing and could not be reached by phone. The Clerk determined that the transcribed testimony was "critical for preparation and formulation of Title IX `no deliberate indifference' defense" in Defendants' motion to dismiss and awarded the costs requested. (ECF No. 60.)

Assuming Plaintiff has not waived the issue by failing to appear at the hearing, the Court finds there is no merit to her contention that the transcript was not reasonably necessary for use in the case at the time the expense was incurred. The testimony has obvious relevance to the issue of whether Defendants' failure to report Plaintiff's sexual assault constituted deliberate indifference, and it was entirely appropriate for Defendants' counsel to obtain the transcript early in the proceedings.

Therefore, the motion for review (ECF No. 61) is DENIED.