Annuity, Pension, Welfare and Training Funds of the International Union of Operating Engineers Local 14-14B, AFL-CIO et al v. Saramac International Inc.

Filing 16

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS of Magistrate Gold. ( Ordered by Senior Judge Allyne R. Ross on 7/7/2011 ) Forwarded for judgment (Guzzi, Roseann)

FILED
IN CLERK'S OFFICE
U.S. OISTRICT COURT E.DNY

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK

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THE ANNUITY PENSION, WELFARE, and TRAINING
FUNDS of the INTERNATIONAL UNION of
OPERATING ENGINEERS, LOCAL 14-14B, AFL-CIO
by its TRUSTEES,

JUL 1 2 2011

BROOKLYN OFFICE

1O-CV-3051 (ARR)(SMG)

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PRINT OR ELECTRONIC
PUBLICA nON

Plaintiffs,
-against-

ORDER
SARAMAC INTERNATIONAL, INC.,
Defendant.

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ROSS, United States District Judge:
The court has received the Report and Recommendation on the instant case dated June
16,2011 from the Honorable Steven M. Gold, United States Magistrate Judge. No objections
have been filed. Accordingly, the court has reviewed the Report and Recommendation for clear
error on the face of the record. See Advisory Comm. Notes to Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b); accord
Brissett v. Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating Auth., No. 09-CV-1930682 (CBA)
(LB), 2011 WL 1930682, at *1 (E.D.N.Y. May 19,2011). Having reviewed the record, I find no
clear error. I hereby adopt the Report and Recommendation, in its entirety, as the opinion of the
Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(l).
Therefore, the court grants plaintiffs' motion for a default judgment and awards damages
in the amount of$15,230.80, comprised of$12,328.80 in unpaid contributions and $2,902.00 in
attorney's fees and costs; $2,049.35 in interest on unpaid contributions through May 27, 2010;
additional interest on the principal sum of $12,328.80 at the rate of 6% per annum beginning
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from May 28, 2010 to the date of judgment; and liquidated damages in an amount equal to the
total amount of interest, to be calculated by the Clerk of Court at the time of judgment.
Plaintiffs are directed to serve a copy of this order upon defendant at its last known
address and to file proof of service with the court.
SO ORDERED.

/s/(ARR)
Allyne R. Ros
United States District

Dated: July 7, 2011
Brooklyn, New York

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