Opinion
Civil Action 1:21-cv-872 (RDA/TCB)
11-17-2021
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA Plaintiff, v. GIBILL.COM, Defendant.
ORDER
Rossie D. Alston, Jr., United States District Judge.
This matter comes before the Court upon the Report and Recommendation (“Recommendation”) issued by Magistrate Judge Theresa Buchanan on October 18, 2021. Dkt. 15. In this Anti-Cybersquatting Consumer Protection Act (“ACPA”) case, 15 U.S.C. § 1125(d), Judge Buchanan recommends that judgment be entered against Defendant and that the Defendant Domain Name be transferred back to Plaintiff. Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72, the deadline for submitting objections to Judge Buchanan's Recommendation was November 1, 2021. To date, no objections have been filed.
After reviewing the record and Judge Buchanan's Recommendation, and finding no clear error, the Court hereby APPROVES and ADOPTS the Recommendation. Dkt. 15. Accordingly, Plaintiffs Motion for Default Judgment (Dkt. 10) is GRANTED. It is hereby
See Diamond v. Colonial Life & Acc. Ins. Co., 416 F.3d 310, 315 (4th Cir. 2005) (holding that in the absence of any objections to a Magistrate Judge's Recommendation, the Court “need not conduct a de novo review, but instead must ‘only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record in order to accept the recommendation'”).
ORDERED that default judgment on Count I of Plaintiff s Verified Complaint be entered in favor of Plaintiff the United States of America; and it is
FURTHER ORDERED that VeriSign, Inc. transfer ownership of Defendant Domain Name, gibill.com, to Plaintiff the United States of America, per Plaintiff's instructions.
The Clerk is directed to enter judgment against Defendant in this matter pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 58, forward copies of this Order to counsel of record, and close this civil action.
It is SO ORDERED.