Opinion
CIVIL ACTION NO. 08-3883 (MLC).
March 16, 2009
MEMORANDUM OPINION
THE CLERK OF THE COURT having entered default against the defendants — Terry Polichetti and Anthony Algozzini — pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure ("Rule") 55(a) on October 22, 2008 (dkt. entry no. 3 unnumbered dkt. entry thereafter); and the Court, by order dated December 5, 2008 ("December 2008 Order"), advising the plaintiffs that the Complaint would be dismissed for lack of prosecution on February 19, 2009, without further notice to the plaintiffs, unless before that date the plaintiffs moved for entry of judgment by default against the defendants under Rule 55(b) (dkt. entry no. 4, 12-5-08 Order),see L.Civ.R. 41.1(a); see also Fed.R.Civ.P. 41(b) (stating complaint may be dismissed for failure to prosecute); and
THE PLAINTIFFS properly moving on February 12, 2009, for entry of judgment by default against Polichetti only ("Motion") (dkt. entry no. 6, Notice of Mot. for Default J.); and the plaintiffs moving for entry of judgment for the full amount owed that is at issue — and thus seeking complete relief — against Polichetti (id., Caccese Decl. at 2); and the plaintiffs having taken no further steps to prosecute the claims asserted against Algozzini; and it appearing that the plaintiffs, in view of the December 2008 Order and the contents of the Motion papers, have abandoned the claims asserted against Algozzini; and thus the Court intending to dismiss the Complaint insofar as it is asserted against Algozzini without prejudice; and
The Court is not balancing the Poulis factors here, as the Complaint insofar as it is asserted against Algozzini is being dismissed without prejudice. See Poulis v. State Farm Fire Cas. Co., 747 F.2d 863, 868 (3d Cir. 1984).
THE COURT reviewing the papers submitted by the plaintiffs in support of the Motion; and the plaintiffs seeking $62,305.35 with interest; and the plaintiffs supporting the request for that amount (see Caccese Decl., Exs. A-E); and Polichetti not submitting any opposition to the Motion; and the Court deciding the Motion without oral argument, see Fed.R.Civ.P. 78(b); and the Court intending to grant the Motion; and for good cause appearing, the Court will issue an appropriate Order and Judgment.
The Court arrived at the amount of $62,305.35 by adding up the individual figures provided by the plaintiffs on a "printout". (Caccese Decl. at 2; id., Ex. E, Printout.) The figures thereon add up to $62,305.35, not (1) $62,305.48, as suggested on the Caccese Declaration (see Caccese Decl. at 2), or (2) $62,305.38, as suggested on the Printout itself and the proposed judgment. (See Printout; dkt. entry no. 6, Proposed J.)