Opinion
10-cv-4214 (ADS)(WDW)
09-22-2011
JOSEPH A. FERRARA, SR., FRANK H. FINKEL, MARC HERBST, THOMAS N. PIALI, DENISE RICHARDSON, ANTHONY D'AQUILA, THOMAS GESUALDI, LOUIS BISIGNANO, DOMINICK MARROCCO, and ANTHONY PIROZZI, as Trustees and Fiduciaries of the Local 282 Welfare Trust Fund, the Local 282 Pension Trust Fund, the Local 282 Annuity Trust Fund, the Local 282 Job Training Trust Fund, and the Local 282 Vacation and Sick Leave Trust Fund, Plaintiffs, v. FRANK J. BATCHELDER TRANSPORTATION LLC, Defendant.
APPEARANCES: Cohen, Weiss and Simon, LLP Attorneys for the plaintiffs By: Joseph J. Vitale, Esq. Zachary N. Leeds, Esq., of Counsel NO APPEARANCE: Frank J. Batchelder Transportation LLC
ORDER
APPEARANCES:
Cohen, Weiss and Simon, LLP
Attorneys for the plaintiffs
By: Joseph J. Vitale, Esq.
Zachary N. Leeds, Esq., of Counsel
NO APPEARANCE:
Frank J. Batchelder Transportation LLC
SPATT, District Judge.
The plaintiffs commenced this action on or about September 16, 2010, asserting claims pursuant to Section 502(a)(3) and 515 of the Employee Retirement Income Security Act of 1974, as amended ("ERISA"), 29 U.S.C, §§ 1132(a)(3) and 1145. On March 28, 2011, the Court entered a default judgment against the defendants, and referred the matter to United States Magistrate Judge William D. Wall for an inquest as to damages, appropriate injunctive relief, appropriate attorney's fees, and costs. On July 6, 2011, Judge Wall issued a thorough Report recommending that the plaintiff be awarded damages in the amount of (1) estimated unpaid contributions in the amount of $134,660.63 for the period from June 11, 2007 through June 30, 2009; (2) interest from the date the contributions were due through April 21, 2011, in the amount of $55,777.52; (3) liquidated damages in the amount of $55,777.52; (4) interest at a rate of $66.41 per day for unpaid contributions from April 22, 2011 to the date judgment is entered; (5) liquidated damages at a rate of $66.41 per day from April 22, 2011 to the date judgment is entered; (6) attorney's fees in the amount of $7,467.50; and (7) costs in the amount of $723.61. To date, no objection has been filed to Judge Wall's Report and Recommendation.
In reviewing a report and recommendation, a court "may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge." 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C). "To accept the report and recommendation of a magistrate, to which no timely objection has been made, a district court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record." Wilds v. United Parcel Serv., 262 F. Supp. 2d 163, 169 (S.D.N.Y. 2003) (citing Nelson v. Smith, 618 F. Supp. 1186, 1189 (S.D.N.Y. 1985)). The Court has reviewed Judge Wall's Report and finds it be persuasive and without any legal or factual errors. There being no objection to Judge Wall's Report, the Court adopts the Report.
For the foregoing reasons, it is hereby:
ORDERED that Judge Wall's Report and Recommendation is adopted in its entirety; and it is further
ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court is directed to enter a default judgment against the defendants in the amount recommended by Judge Wall and set forth above; and it is further
ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court is respectfully directed to close this case.
SO ORDERED.
Dated: Central Islip, New York
September 22, 2011
ARTHUR D. SPATT
United States District Judge