HEAT AND FROST INSULATORS AND ALLIED WORKERS, AFL-CIO, LOCAL UNION NO. 32 ANNUITY FUND, et al V. JERSEY INSULATION CORPORATION

Filing 11

ORDER denying pltf's 10 Motion for Default Judgment; pltfs. may refile a default judgment motion, in compliance with this Court's Local Civil Rule, within 30 days of this order. Signed by Judge Esther Salas on 3/19/2015. (nr, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
CHAMBERS OF

MARTIN LUTHER KING
COURTHOUSE
50 WALNUT ST.
ROOM 5076
NEWARK, NJ 07101
973-297-4887

ESTHER SALAS
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

March 19, 2015

LETTER ORDER
Re:

Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers, AFL-CIO, Local Union No. 32
Annuity Fund, et al v. Jersey Insulation Corporation
Civil Action No. 14-2838 (ES) (MAH)

Dear Counsel:
Pending before this Court is Plaintiffs’ 1 Motion for Default Judgment. (D.E. No. 10).
Local Civil Rule 7.1 provides that “[n]o application will be heard unless the moving papers
and a brief, prepared in accordance with L.Civ.R. 7.2 . . . are filed with the Clerk . . . .” L.Civ.R.
7.1(d)(1) (emphasis added). Local Civil Rule 7.1 further states that “[i]n lieu of filing any brief .
. . a party may file a statement that no brief is necessary and the reasons therefor.” L.Civ.R.
7.1(d)(4). Plaintiffs, however, have failed to file either a brief or a statement that no brief is
necessary. (See D.E. No. 10). Plaintiffs’ default judgment motion is therefore improper under the
Local Civil Rules. See Developers Sur. & Indemnity, Co., v. NDK Gen. Contractors, Inc., No. 060086, 2007 WL 542381, at *2 (D.N.J. Feb. 15, 2007) (“Because Plaintiff’s application [for default
judgment] does not meet the requirements of Local Civil Rule 7.1(d)(1), the Court will not hear
Plaintiff’s application.”).
Plaintiffs’ motion is therefore denied without prejudice. Plaintiffs may refile a default
judgment motion, in compliance with this Court’s Local Civil Rules, within thirty (30) days of this
order.
SO ORDERED.
s/Esther Salas
Esther Salas, U.S.D.J.
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“Plaintiffs” collectively refers to: Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers, AFL-CIO, Local Union No. 32
Annuity Fund; Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers, AFL-CIO, Local Union No. 32 Education Fund; Heat
and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers, AFL-CIO, Local Union No. 32 Pension Fund; Heat and Frost Insulators and
Allied Workers, AFL-CIO, Local Union No. 32 Scholarship Fund; Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers,
AFL-CIO, Local Union No. 32 Vacation Fund; Heat and Frost Insulators and Allied Workers, AFL-CIO, Local Union
No. 32 Welfare Fund; Richard Mussel White; Jeremiah Farmer; Paul Legrand; Jeffrey Chaplin; Joseph Checkovich;
John Mazor; Peter Ielmini; and Kennth Jenkins, as Trustees of the Funds.