Days Inn Worldwide, Inc. v. Karishma Aashvi, Inc.

Full title: DAYS INN WORLDWIDE, INC., Plaintiff, v. KARISHMA AASHVI, INC., et al…

Court: United States District Court, D. New Jersey

Date published: Aug 8, 2023

Civil Action 21-5433 (JXN) (AME) (D.N.J. Aug. 8, 2023)

Opinion

Civil Action 21-5433 (JXN) (AME)

08-08-2023

DAYS INN WORLDWIDE, INC., Plaintiff, v. KARISHMA AASHVI, INC., et al. Defendants.

JULIEN XAVIER NEALS UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

ORDER

JULIEN XAVIER NEALS UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Before this Court is the Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) entered on June 30, 2023, by Magistrate Judge Andre M. Espinosa (“Judge Espinosa”), (ECF No. 37), recommending that Plaintiff Days Inns Worldwide, Inc.'s (“Plaintiff”) Motion to Strike Defendants Nitin Patel, Kamleshkumar Patel, Kamal Hira, Chandni Patel, and Karishma Patel (collectively, “Individual Defendants”) Answer pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 37(b) and Enter Default pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 55(a), (ECF No. 36), be granted. This Court has reviewed the reasons set forth by Judge Espinosa in the R&R and notes that no objections were filed. Based on the foregoing, and for good cause shown, IT IS on this 7^th day of August 2023, ORDERED that the R&R of Judge Espinosa, (ECF No. 37), is ADOPTED as the conclusions of law of this Court and Plaintiff's Motion to Strike the Individual Defendants' Answer pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 37(b) and Enter Default pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 55(a), (ECF No. 36), is hereby GRANTED; it is further

ORDERED that the Individual Defendants' Answer, (ECF No. 11), is hereby STRICKEN; it is further

ORDERED that the Clerk of this Court shall enter default against Defendants Nitin Patel, Kamleshkumar Patel, Kamal Hira, Chandni Patel, and Karishma Patel pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 55(a); and it is further

ORDERED that Plaintiff may file a motion seeking judgment by default against all Defendants.