Opinion
10-CV-2271 (ADS) (ARL)
09-09-2011
STEPHEN FLANAGAN, as a Trustee of the GENERAL BUILDING LABORERS' LOCAL 66 PENSION FUND; STEPHEN FLANAGAN, as a Trustee of the GENERAL BUILDING LABORERS' LOCAL 66 WELFARE FUND; STEPHEN FLANAGAN, as a Trustee of the GENERAL BUILDING LABORERS' LOCAL 66 ANNUITY FUND; STEPHEN FLANAGAN, as a Trustee of the GENERAL BUILDING LABORERS' LOCAL 66 LABORERS' EMPLOYER COOPERATIVE AND EDUCATIONAL TRUST FUND; STEPHEN FLANAGAN, as a Trustee of the GENERAL BUILDING LABORERS' LOCAL 66 GREATER NY LABORERS' EMPLOYER COOPERATIVE AND EDUCATIONAL TRUST FUND; STEPHEN FLANAGAN, as ; Trustee of the GENERAL BUILDING LABORERS' LOCAL 6( TRAINING PROGRAM; STEPHEN FLANAGAN, as a Trustee of the GENERAL BUILDING LABORERS' LOCAL 66 NEW YORK STATE HEALTH AND SAFETY FUND; STEPHEN FLANAGAN, as a Business Manager of GENERAL BUILDING LABORERS' LOCAL UNION NO. 66 of the LABORERS' INTERNATIONAL UNION OF NORTH AMERICA, AFL-CIO, Plaintiffs, v. CAPITOL INTERIOR & EXTERIOR DESIGN, INC. and BLAIR ROCCHIO Defendants.
APPEARANCES: Law Offices of William T. LaVelle, P.C. Attorneys for the plaintiffs The LaVelle Building By: Alicia M. Menechino, Esq., Of Counsel NO APPEARANCE: Capital Interior & Exterior Design, Inc. Blair Rocchio
ORDER
APPEARANCES:
Law Offices of William T. LaVelle, P.C.
Attorneys for the plaintiffs
The LaVelle Building
By: Alicia M. Menechino, Esq., Of Counsel
NO APPEARANCE:
Capital Interior & Exterior Design, Inc.
Blair Rocchio
SPATT, District Judge.
On November 19, 2010, the Court referred this matter to United States Magistrate Judge Arlene R. Lindsay for a report and recommendation as to the amount of damages, attorneys' fees, and costs to be awarded following the entry of a default judgment against the Defendants Capital Interior & Exterior Design, Inc. and Blair Rocchio. On July 7, 2011, Judge Lindsay issued a thorough Report recommending that "damages be awarded in the amount of $8,612.05, comprising of $6,807.75 in unpaid fringe benefit contributions, $727.15 in interest, $717.15 in liquidated damages and $350 in costs".
On July 7, 2011, the plaintiffs submitted a letter directed to the Clerk of the Court objecting to the Report's denial of their request for attorney's fees. On July 15, 2011, this Court sent a letter to the plaintiffs informing them their objection would not be considered because they did not conform to the Court's Individual Rules governing the format of objections from Magistrate Judge decisions. The Court further stated that if they wished to have the Court consider the objection, they must resubmit it in conformance with the Court's Individual Rules. To date, the plaintiffs have not resubmitted their objection to the Report, and there have been no other objections filed to the Report.
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 Lindsay's Report and finds it be persuasive and without any legal or factual errors. There being no objection to Judge Lindsay's Report, it is hereby
ORDERED, that Judge Lindsay's Report and Recommendation is adopted in its entirety. The Court awards the plaintiffs: (1) $6,807.75 in unpaid fringe benefit contributions; (2) $727.15 in interest; (3) $717.15 in liquidated damages; and (4) $350 in costs for a total award of $8,612.05, and it is further
ORDERED, that the Clerk of the Court shall enter a judgment for the Plaintiff in the total amount of $8,612.05, and it is further
ORDERED, that the Clerk of the Court is directed to close this case.
SO ORDERED.
Dated: Central Islip, New York
September 9, 2011
ARTHUR D. SPATT
United States District Judge