Casa Express Corp v. Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela

Filing 215

ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE'S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS re 179 Motion for Default Judgment filed by Casa Express Corp, 214 Report and Recommendations ; granting 179 Motion for Default Judgment ; Adopting 214 Report and Recomme ndations on 179 Motion for Default Judgment filed by Casa Express Corp, 214 Report and Recommendations. Certificate of Appealability: No Ruling. Final Default Judgment against Diaz Guillen will be entered by separate Order. Signed by Judge Beth Bloom on 7/11/2023. See attached document for full details. (nan). Modified text on 7/12/2023 (nan).

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA
Case No. 21-cv-23103-BLOOM/Otazo-Reyes
CASA EXPRESS CORP, as Trustee
of Casa Express Trust,
Judgement Creditor,
v.
BOLIVARIAN REPUBLIC OF VENEZUELA,
Judgment Debtor.
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ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S
REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS
THIS CAUSE is before the Court upon Plaintiff Casa Express Corp’s (“Casa”) Motion for
Default Final Judgment against Impleaded Defendant Claudia Patricia Diaz Guillen (“Diaz
Guillen”), ECF No. [179], filed on April 14, 2023 (“Motion”). Defendant Claudia Patricia Diaz
Guillen did not file a Response, but co-Defendants Raul Gorrin Belisario (“Gorrin”), RIM Group
Investments Corp., RIM Group Investments I Corp., RIM Group Investments II Corp., RIM Group
Investments III Corp., Posh 8 Dynamic Inc., and Planet 2 Reaching Inc. did file a Response in
Opposition, ECF No. [210]. Casa filed a Reply. ECF No. [212]. All post-judgment matters,
including the instant Motion, were referred to United States Magistrate Judge Alicia Otazo-Reyes.
ECF No. [148]. On June 26, 2023, the Judge Otazo-Reyes issued a Report and Recommendation
(“R&R”) recommending that the Motion be granted and Final Default Judgment be entered against
Diaz Guillen. ECF No. [214]. The R&R states that the parties shall file any objections within
fourteen days of the date of service of a copy of the R&R. Id. No objections were filed.

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Case No. 21-cv-23103-BLOOM/Otazo-Reyes
Nevertheless, the Court has conducted a de novo review of the R&R and the record in this
case, and is otherwise fully advised in the premises. See Williams v. McNeil, 557 F.3d 1287, 1291
(11th Cir. 2009) (citing 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)). Upon review, the Court finds the R&R to be well
reasoned and correct. The Court therefore agrees with the analysis in the R&R and concludes that
the Motion must be GRANTED and Default Judgment entered as to Impleaded Defendant Diaz
Guillen for the reasons set forth therein.
Accordingly, it is ORDERED and ADJUDGED as follows:
1.

The R&R, ECF No. [214], is ADOPTED;

2.

The Motion, ECF No. [179], is GRANTED;

3.

Final Default Judgment against Diaz Guillen will be entered by separate Order.

DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers at Miami, Florida, on July 11, 2023.

_________________________________
BETH BLOOM
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Copies to:
Counsel of Record
Claudia Patricia Diaz Guillen
00808-510
Palm Beach County Main Detention Center
3228 Gun Club Road
West Palm Beach, FL 33406

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