United States of America v. Hallock

Filing 12

ORDER adopting 11 Report and Recommendation; granting 9 Plaintiff's Motion for Entry of Default Final Judgment. The Clerk of the Court is directed to enter judgment in accordance with this Order and close the file. Signed by Judge Marcia Morales Howard on 8/29/2018. (JW)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
JACKSONVILLE DIVISION
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 3:18-cv-397-J-34JRK

SANDRA L. HALLOCK,
Defendant.

ORDER
THIS CAUSE is before the Court on Magistrate Judge James R. Klindt’s Report and
Recommendation (Doc. 11; Report), entered on July 17, 2018, recommending that
Plaintiff’s Motion for Entry of Default Final Judgment (Doc. 9) be granted, and that the Clerk
of the Court be directed to enter judgment in favor of Plaintiff and against Defendant. See
Report at 6. To date, no objections to the Report have been filed, and the time for doing
so has passed.
The Court “may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or
recommendations made by the magistrate judge.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(b). If no specific
objections to findings of facts are filed, the district court is not required to conduct a de
novo review of those findings. See Garvey v. Vaughn, 993 F.2d 776, 779 n.9 (11th Cir.
1993); see also 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). However, the district court must review legal
conclusions de novo. See Cooper-Houston v. S. Ry. Co., 37 F.3d 603, 604 (11th Cir. 1994);
United States v. Rice, No. 2:07-mc-8-FtM-29SPC, 2007 WL 1428615, at * 1 (M.D. Fla. May
14, 2007).

Upon independent review of the file and for the reasons stated in the Magistrate
Judge’s Report, the Court will accept and adopt the legal and factual conclusions
recommended by the Magistrate Judge. Accordingly, it is hereby
ORDERED:
1. Magistrate Judge James R. Klindt’s Report and Recommendation (Doc. 11) is
ADOPTED as the opinion of the Court.
2. Plaintiff’s Motion for Entry of Default Final Judgment (Doc. 9) is GRANTED.
3. The Clerk of the Court is DIRECTED to enter judgment in favor of Plaintiff and
against Defendant in the following amounts: $9,246.44 in principal; $5,174.13 in
prejudgment interest as of February 23, 2018; prejudgment interest on the total
principal amount accruing at the rate of 4.08% and a daily rate of $1.03 from
February 24, 2018 through August 29, 2018; post-judgment interest accruing at
the legal rate established by 28 U.S.C. § 1961; and $62.31 in costs.
4. The Clerk of the Court is further directed to terminate any pending motions and
close the file.
DONE AND ORDERED at Jacksonville, Florida, this 29th day of August, 2018.

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Copies to:
Counsel of Record
Sandra L. Hallock
6239 53rd Road
Live Oak, FL 32060

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