Equal Employment Opportunity Commission v. Roark-Whitten Hospitality 2, LP

Filing 190

AMENDED ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS ; granting in part and denying in part 181 Motion for Contempt by Chief Judge M. Christina Armijo. (vv)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW MEXICO
EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
COMMISSION,
Plaintiff,
v.

1:14-cv-00884-MCA-LF

ROARK-WHITTEN HOSPITALITY 2, LP
d/b/a Whitten Inn, and JAI HANUMAN, LLC,
d/b/a Whitten Inn Taos and/or El Camino Lodge,
SGI, LLC, d/b/a El Camino Lodge,
Defendants.
AMENDED ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S
PROPOSED FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDED DISPOSITION
The Magistrate Judge filed her Proposed Findings and Recommended Disposition on
November 2, 2017. Doc. 187. The proposed findings notified the parties of their ability to file
objections within fourteen (14) days, and that failure to do so waived appellate review. Id. at 11.
To date, the parties have not filed any objections, and there is nothing in the record indicating
that the proposed findings were not delivered.
IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED AS FOLLOWS:
1. The Magistrate Judge’s Proposed Findings and Recommended Disposition (Doc. 187)
are adopted;
2. Plaintiff EEOC’s Motion for Civil Contempt of Court Against Defendant Roark
Whitten 2, LP, and Defendant Jai Hanuman, LLC, (Doc. 181), is GRANTED in part
and DENIED in part as follows:
a. The EEOC’s request for the Court to issue an order to show cause as to why
defendants should not be held in contempt and a finding of contempt as to
defendants Roark Whitten 2, LP, and Jai Hanuman, LLC, is DENIED.
b. The EEOC’s request for an order for default judgment against defendants
Roark Whitten 2, LP and Jai Hanuman, LLC, is GRANTED

3. Judgment by default on all issues of liability is entered in favor of the plaintiff EEOC
against defendants Roark-Whitten Hospitality 2, LP, and Jai Hanuman, LLC; and
4. A hearing under Rule 55(b)(2) for the purpose of determining the amount of damages
for which defendants Roark-Whitten Hospitality 2, LP, and Jai Hanuman, LLC, are
liable, and whether any injunctive relief is appropriate, will be set by a separate notice
of this Court.

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Chief United States District Judge

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