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Tokar v. 8 Whispering Fields Assocs., Ltd.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Mar 2, 2012
08-CV-4573 (ADS) (ARL) (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 2, 2012)

Opinion

08-CV-4573 (ADS) (ARL)

03-02-2012

PETER TOKAR, Plaintiff, v. 8 WHISPERING FIELDS ASSOCIATES, LTD., WILLIAM SOEHL, R.A. and ROOSKA HOME IMPROVEMENT DEVELOPMENT, Defendants.

APPEARANCES: Foster & Vandenburgh, LLP Attorneys for the plaintiff By: Richard W. Vandenburgh, Esq., Of Counsel NO APPEARANCE: Defendants 8 Whispering Fields Associates, Ltd., William Soehl, R.A., and Rooska Home Improvement Development


ORDER

APPEARANCES:

Foster & Vandenburgh, LLP

Attorneys for the plaintiff

By: Richard W. Vandenburgh, Esq., Of Counsel

NO APPEARANCE:

Defendants 8 Whispering Fields Associates, Ltd., William Soehl, R.A., and Rooska

Home Improvement Development
SPATT , District Judge.

Following the default of the defendants, on February 16, 2010, the Court adopted a Report and Recommendation issued by United States Magistrate Judge Arlene R. Lindsay awarding the plaintiffs $2,790 in attorneys' fees and $630 in costs and denying the plaintiff's request for damages with leave to file a renewed application "either indicat[ing] his intention to pursue statutory damages or provid[ing] evidence of his actual damages." (02/16/10 Order at 2.)

On March 10, 2011, the plaintiff filed an Amended Statement for Damages, in which he seeks statutory damages under 17 U.S.C. § 504(c)(1) in the amount of $30,000 against each of the defendants. Subsequently, on April 22, 2011, the Court referred this matter back to Judge Lindsay for an inquest as to the statutory damages.

On December 13, 2011, Judge Lindsay issued a Report and Recommendation, recommending that the Court award the plaintiff statutory damages against defendants, jointly and severally, in the amount of $30,000. To date, there have been no objections filed to Judge Lindsay's 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 to 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 plaintiff statutory damages against the defendants, jointly and severally, in the amount of $30,000, and it is further

ORDERED, that the Clerk of the Court is directed to enter judgment in favor of the plaintiff in the amount of $30,000, and it is further

ORDERED, that the Clerk of the Court is directed to close this case.

SO ORDERED.

Dated: Central Islip, New York

March 2, 2012

__________________

ARTHUR D. SPATT

United States District Judge


Summaries of

Tokar v. 8 Whispering Fields Assocs., Ltd.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
Mar 2, 2012
08-CV-4573 (ADS) (ARL) (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 2, 2012)
Case details for

Tokar v. 8 Whispering Fields Assocs., Ltd.

Case Details

Full title:PETER TOKAR, Plaintiff, v. 8 WHISPERING FIELDS ASSOCIATES, LTD., WILLIAM…

Court:UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

Date published: Mar 2, 2012

Citations

08-CV-4573 (ADS) (ARL) (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 2, 2012)

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