Opinion
Case No: 2:14-cv-316-FtM-29DNF
04-27-2015
RONALD WHETSELL, Plaintiff, v. M & M REALTY SOLUTIONS, LLC, a Florida limited liability company, and ANGEL GONZALEZ, an individual, Defendants.
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
TO THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
On February 19, 2015, the Court entered an Order (Doc. 21) permitting attorney Jason L. Gunter to withdraw as counsel for defendants Angel Gonzalez and M & M Realty Solutions, LLC. The Order specified that Mr. Gonzalez had thirty (30) days from the date of the Order, in which to retain new counsel and have new counsel file a notice of appearance or to notify the Court that he wished to proceed pro se, which is without benefit of counsel. The Order also specified that M & M Realty Solutions, LLC, could not proceed without counsel because it is a corporation, and that it must secure counsel with thirty (30) days from the date of the Order. According to the Order, if defendants did not comply, the Court would recommend that defaults be entered against them.
When defendants failed to comply with the Court's Order, the Court entered an Order to Show Cause (Doc. 22) on March 30, 2015, requiring defendants to show good cause within fourteen (14) days for its failure to comply with the Court's previous order. The fourteen (14) day time period has passed and defendants have failed to show good cause for their noncompliance. Accordingly,
IT IS RESPECTFULLY RECOMMENDED THAT:
The District Court direct the clerk to enter defaults against defendants Angel Gonzalez and M & M Realty Solutions, LLC.
Respectfully recommended in Chambers in Fort Myers, Florida on April 27, 2015.
/s/_________
DOUGLAS N. FRAZIER
UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
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