Sterling Equipment, Inc. v. St. Johns Ship Building, Inc.
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ORDER adopting 16 Report and Recommendation; granting, in part, and denying, in part, 13 Petitioner's Motion for Default Judgment and Confirmation of Arbitration Award. 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 2/19/2019. (JW)
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
JACKSONVILLE DIVISION
STERLING EQUIPMENT, INC.,
Petitioner,
Case No. 3:18-cv-504-J-34MCR
vs.
ST. JOHNS SHIP BUILDING, INC.,
Respondent.
/
ORDER
THIS CAUSE is before the Court on the Report and Recommendation (Dkt. No. 16;
Report), entered by the Honorable Monte C. Richardson, United States Magistrate Judge,
on February 1, 2019. In the Report, Judge Richardson recommends that Petitioner’s
Motion for Default Judgment and Confirmation of Arbitration Award (Dkt.. No. 13; Motion)
be granted, in part, and denied, in part. See Report at 14. No objections to the Report
have been filed, and the time for doing so has now passed.
The Court “may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the finding or
recommendations 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. Southern 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. The Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation (Dkt. No. 16) is
ADOPTED as the opinion of the Court.
2. Petitioner’s Motion for Default Judgment and Confirmation of Arbitration Award
(Dkt. No. 13) is GRANTED, in part, and DENIED, in part.
3. The Motion is GRANTED to the extent that the Clerk of the Court is directed to
enter judgment in favor of Petitioner and against Respondent in the following
amounts:
a. Damages awarded in the Final Award: $443,799.34;
b. Attorney’s fees and costs incurred in bringing this action; $7,872.50; and
c. Post-judgment interest at the rate prescribed by 28 U.S.C. § 1961.
4. Otherwise, the Motion is DENIED.
5. The Clerk of Court is directed to terminate all pending motions and deadlines as
moot and close the file.
DONE AND ORDERED in Jacksonville, Florida this 19th day of February, 2019.
ja
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