Opinion
8:22-cv-2935-JLB-NHA
03-18-2024
IN THE MATTER OF: PARADISE FAMILY, LLC, as owner, and ANOTHER DAY IN PARADISE BOAT CLUB, LLC d/b/a FREEDOM BOAT CLUB, as owner pro hac vice of the Sun Slide, a 2021 Highwater Marine motor vessel bearing hull identification number GDY58370K021 and Florida Registration FL0869SW, together with Its Engines, Tackle, Appurtenances, Equipment, & Etc., in a cause for Exoneration from or Limitation of Liability, Petitioners.
ORDER
JOHN L. BADALAMENT UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
The Magistrate Judge has entered a Report and Recommendation (Doc. 26), recommending that the Court grant the Petitioners' Motion for Entry of Final Default Judgment of Exoneration Against All Persons and Entities Who Did Not Respond to the Petition for Exoneration or Limitation (Doc. 25). No party has objected, and the time to do so has expired.
A district judge may accept, reject, or modify the magistrate judge's report and recommendation. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C). The district judge must “make a de novo determination of those portions of the report or specified proposed findings or recommendations to which objection is made.” Id.
Here, after an independent review of the record, and noting that no objection has been filed, the Court ADOPTS the thorough and well-reasoned Report and Recommendation.
Accordingly, it is ORDERED that:
1. The Report and Recommendation (Doc. 26) is ADOPTED and made part of this Order for all purposes.
2. The Petitioners' Motion for Entry of Final Default Judgment of Exoneration Against All Persons and Entities Who Did Not Respond to the Petition for Exoneration or Limitation (Doc. 25) is GRANTED.
3. The Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to enter default judgment for exoneration from or limitation of liability in favor of Petitioners and against any and all claimants who have failed to plead or otherwise defend by the March 6, 2023 deadline. This default judgment does not apply to the claim timely filed by Claimant Randy Rush. (See Doc. 13).
ORDERED at Tampa, Florida on March 18, 2024.