Flexi-Van Leasing, Inc. v. Valley Banana King, Inc.

Full title: FLEXI-VAN LEASING, INC. Plaintiff, v. VALLEY BANANA KING, INC., ET AL.…

Court: United States District Court, D. New Jersey

Date published: Sep 1, 2006

Civil Action No. 05-5730 (JAP) (D.N.J. Sep. 1, 2006)

Opinion

Civil Action No. 05-5730 (JAP).

September 1, 2006

ORDER ADOPTING THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE

JOEL PISANO, District Judge

This matter having come before the Court on the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Madeline Cox Arleo, filed on June 6, 2006; and the Court having received no objections; and the Court having reviewed the Report and Recommendation and for good cause having been shown, IT IS ON this 1^st day of September, 2006,

ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Arleo filed on June 6, 2006, recommending that the Court strike Defendant Transportes Refrigerados Leo, Inc.'s ("Transportes)" answer and enter default against Transportes for failure to secure counsel is hereby ADOPTED as the findings of fact and conclusions of law of this Court; and

FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant Transportes's answer is hereby stricken from the record; and

FURTHER ORDERED that Clerk of the Court shall enter default against Defendant Transportes pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 55(a); and

FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiff may move for default judgment in accordance with Fed.R.Civ.P. 55(b) no later than September 30, 2006.

SO ORDERED.