White et al v. Grant Mason Holdings, Inc. et al

Filing 102

ORDER ATTACHED denying as unnecessary 98 Motion for Partial Summary Judgment; granting 101 Motion for Entry of Clerk's Default; striking Grant Mason, LLC's counterclaim; directing Plaintiff's counsel to file proof of authority from the bankruptcy estate no later than 1/16/2017; and directing the Clerk to effectuate the directives in the attached order. Signed by Judge Richard A. Lazzara on 12/15/2016. (CCB)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA TAMPA DIVISION ADAM R. WHITE and JAMES NEWELL WHITE, III, Plaintiffs, v. CASE NO. 8:14-cv-2975-T-26MAP IDEAGEAR, LLC, et al., Defendants. / ORDER UPON DUE AND CAREFUL CONSIDERATION of the procedural history of this case, together with the Plaintiffs’ submissions, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED as follows: 1) The Plaintiffs’ Motion for Clerk’s Entry of Default Against Corporate Defendants (Dkt. 101) is granted for failure of those corporate Defendants to comply with this Court’s order entered on November 23, 2016, at docket 96. The Clerk is directed to enter a clerk’s default against each of the corporate Defendants which are the subject of the motion pursuant to Rule 55(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. The issue of damages shall be determined at the trial of this case scheduled for the March 2017 trial month. 2) The Plaintiffs’ Motion for Partial Summary Judgment (Dkt. 98) is denied as unnecessary in light of the Court’s granting of a clerk’s default against the two corporate Defendants which were the subject of the motion. 3) The counterclaim of Grant Mason, LLC, is stricken for failure of that corporate Defendant to comply with this Court’s order entered on November 23, 2016, at docket 96. 4) Plaintiffs’ counsel shall file with this Court no later than January 16, 2017, proof that she has the authority of the Bankruptcy Court presiding over the bankruptcy estate of Plaintiff Adam White to pursue this case on behalf of the bankruptcy estate. DONE AND ORDERED at Tampa, Florida, on December 15, 2016. s/Richard A. Lazzara RICHARD A. LAZZARA UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE COPIES FURNISHED TO: Counsel of Record Pro se parties -2-

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