Opinion
Civil Action No. 11-5797 (SDW)
01-09-2013
YOUNG CHUL KIM, Plaintiff, v. SHARON HANNA PRESCHOOL & ACADEMY, HANNA JOO, and SHARON JUNG, Defendants.
ORDER
ORDER ADOPTING THE REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
OF THE MAGISTRATE JUDGE
This matter comes before the Court on the Report and Recommendation ("R&R") of United States Magistrate Judge Madeline C. Arleo filed November 29, 2012, regarding monetary/reprimand sanctions to be imposed pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(f) for Defendants Sharon Hanna Preschool & Academy, Hanna Joo, and Sharon Jung's ("Defendants") failure to appear at the August 13, 2012 Court Conference and the September 10, 2012 Order to Show Cause hearing, and the failure of individual Defendants Hanna Joo and Sharon Jung to comply with the Court's Orders. No objections to the R&R have been filed.
The Court has reviewed the R&R and related documents on file in this matter. Based on the foregoing, and for good cause shown,
IT IS, on this 9th day of January, 2013,
ORDERED that the R&R of Magistrate Judge Arleo is ADOPTED by this Court; and it is further
ORDERED that Defendants' Answer with affirmative defenses be STRICKEN; and it is further
ORDERED that default be entered against Defendants; and it is further
ORDERED that Plaintiff Young Chul Kim be allowed to proceed to judgment by default as to all Defendants.
SO ORDERED.
Susan D. Wigenton , U.S.D.J. cc: Clerk
Magistrate Judge Madeline C. Arleo