Hamburg-Sud North America, Inc., Hamburg-Sud Brasil Ltda and Hamburg Sudamerikanische Dampfschiffahrts Gesselschaft K.A. v. Bomix Industria de Embalagens Ltda.

Filing 39

MEMORANDUM AND ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS of Magistrate Judge Gold, denies plaintiffs' motion for default judgment and dismisses the complaint.( Ordered by Judge Allyne R. Ross on 12/26/17 ) *Forwarded for jgm. (Guzzi, Roseann)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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15-CV-4774(ARR)
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HAMBURG-SUD NORTH AMERICA,INC.,
HAMBURG-SUD BRASIL LTDA, and HAMBURG
SUDAMERIKANISCHE DAMPFSCHIFFAHRTS
GESSELSCHAFT K.A.,

MEMORANDUM AND
ORDER

Plaintiffs,
NOT FOR ELECTRONIC
OR PRINT PUBLICATION

-againstBOMIX INDUSTRIA DE EMBALAGENS LTDA,
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Defendant.

ROSS, United States District Judge:

The Court has received the Report and Recommendation("R & R")on the instant case
dated November 3, 2017 from the Honorable Steven M. Gold, United States Magistrate Judge.

See R & R, ECF No. 37. In his R & R,Judge Gold recommended that the Court deny plaintiffs'
motion for default judgment and dismiss the complaint. Id. at 14. On November 17, 2017,

plaintiffs timely filed a limited objection. See Obj. to R & R,ECF No. 38. As explained below, I
adopt Judge Gold's thorough R & R and issue a superseding order that renders plaintiffs'
objection moot.
BACKGROUND

Plaintiffs brought this action under the Declaratory Judgment Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2201 et

seq., in connection with a bill of lading subject to the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act("COGSA"),
46 U.S.C. § 30701 et seq. See Compl. at 1-2, ECF No. 1. In bringing the lawsuit, plaintiffs
sought to obtain a judgment declaring limits to the damages recoverable in a pending lawsuit
filed against them in Brazil by defendant Bomix Industria de Embalagens Ltda("Bomix"), a

/s/(ARR)