Opinion
05 Civ. 2817 (JES), S2 06 Cr. 263 (JES).
November 21, 2006
ORDER
The above-captioned action having come before the Court, and the Court having dismissed defendants Media Brands Worldwide Limited and Sanjay Murpuri and entered a Default Judgment against defendants H.S.M. International and Hesh Mirpuri on October 12, 2005, and the Court, by Order dated October 14, 2005, having referred the above-captioned action to Magistrate Judge Michael H. Dolinger for an inquest on damages, attorneys' fees and costs, and Magistrate Judge Dolinger having issued a Report and Recommendation dated November 1, 2006, recommending that plaintiff be awarded $150,000.00 in statutory damages, $22,500.00 in attorneys' fees, and $4,139.31 in costs, and the Court having received no objections to the aforementioned Report and Recommendation, and the Court having considered all matters raised, it is
ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Dolinger shall be and hereby is adopted in its entirety; and it is further
ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall be and hereby is directed to close the above-captioned action.
WHEREAS, with the defendant's consent, his guilty plea allocution was taken before Magistrate Judge Debra C. Freeman on October 13, 2006;
WHEREAS, a transcript of the allocution was made and thereafter transmitted to the District Court; and
WHEREAS, upon review of that transcript, this Court has determined that the defendant entered the guilty plea knowingly and voluntarily and that there is a factual basis for the guilty plea,
IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the defendant's guilty plea is accepted.