Opinion
Civil Action 21-10645
02-10-2023
CARLOS CALDERON PARRA, Plaintiff, v. DELIA'S RESTAURANT LLC and JORGE CORTEZ, Defendants.
Not for Publication
ORDER
JOHN MICHAEL VAZQUEZ, U.S.D.J.
This matter comes before the Court on the May 31, 2022 Report and Recommendation (the “R&R”) of Magistrate Judge Leda Dunn Wettre. D.E. 19. The R&R was opened sua sponte by Magistrate Judge Wettre and recommends that pro se Defendant Jorge Cortez's Answer be stricken and default be entered against him; and it
APPEARING that a copy of the R&R was sent by certified mail to Defendant at his home address. D.E. 20; and it further
APPEARING that the parties were advised as to the dates that any objections to the R&R were to be filed. D.E. 19 at 4; and it further
APPEARING that no objections to the R&R have been received and the time for filing any objections has expired; and it further
APPEARING that “where no objections are made in regard to a report or parts thereof, the district court will adopt the report and accept the recommendation if it is ‘satisf[ied] . . . that there is no clear error on the face of the record.'” Sportscare of Am., P.C. v. Multiplan, Inc., No. 10-4414, 2011 WL 500195, at *1 (D.N.J. Feb. 10, 2011) (quoting Fed.R.Civ.P. 72 Advisory Committee's Notes); and it further
APPEARING that this Court independently reviewed the record and the R&R and found no clear error on the face of the record, and thus adopts the R&R as the Opinion of this Court.
Therefore, for the foregoing reasons, and for good cause shown, IT IS on this 10th day of February 2023, ORDERED that the Court adopts the Report and Recommendation, D.E. 19, in its entirety; and it is further
ORDERED that Defendant's Answer, D.E. 8, is STRICKEN; and it is further
ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall enter default against Defendant Jorge Cortez; and it is further
ORDERED that the Clerk's Office shall mail a copy of this Order and the R&R to Defendant by regular mail and certified mail return receipt.