McGlynn v. Towers Investors.com Inc.

Filing 60

OPINION & ORDER re: 57 Report and Recommendations. For the foregoing reasons, the Court grants the motion for damages and costs in the amount of $5,400. The Court respectfully directs the Clerk to mail a copy of this decision to plaintiff at the address on file. (Signed by Judge Paul A. Engelmayer on 6/3/2021) (nb) Transmission to Docket Assistant Clerk for processing. Transmission to Orders and Judgments Clerk for processing.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -----------------------------------------------X DAVID MCGLYNN, -v- Plaintiff, 19 Civ. 89 (PAE) (GWG) OPINION & ORDER TOWERS INVESTORS.COM INC., Defendant. -------------------------------------------X PAUL A. ENGELMAYER, District Judge: Currently pending is plaintiff David McG!ynn's motion for default judgment against Towers Investors.com Inc for copyright infringement under 17 U.S.C. §§ 106, 501 of the Copyright Act, and removal and/or alteration of copyright management information under 17 U.S.C. § 1202(b). Before the Court is the May 5, 2021 Report and Recommendation of the Gabriel W. Gorenstein, United States Magistrate Judge, recommending that the Court grant the motion for damages and costs in the amount of $5,400. Dkt. 57 ("Report"). The Court incorporates by reference the summary of the facts provided in the Report. For the following reasons, the Court adopts this recommendation. DISCUSSION In reviewing a Report and Recommendation, a district court "may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge." 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(l)(C). "To accept those portions of the report to which no timely objection has been made, a district court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record." Ruiz v. Citibank, NA., No. 10 Civ. 5950 (KPF), 2014 WL 4635575, at *2 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 19, 2014) (quoting King v. Greiner, No. 02 Civ. 5810 (DLC), 2009 WL 2001439, at *4 (S.D.N.Y. July 8, 2009)); see also, e.g., Wilds v. United Parcel Serv., 262 F. Supp. 2d 163, 169 (S.D.N.Y. 2003). As no party has submitted objections to the Report, review for clear error is appropriate. Careful review of Judge Gorenstien's thorough and well-reasoned Report reveals no facial error in its conclusions; the Report is therefore adopted in its entirety. Because the Report explicitly states that failure to object within fourteen (14) days will result in a waiver of objections and will preclude appellate review, Report at 17, the parties' failure to object operates as a waiver of appellate review. See Caidor v. Onondaga Cty., 517 F .3d 601, 604 (2d Cir. 2008) (citing Small v. Sec'y ofHealth & Human Servs., 892 F.2d 15, 16 (2d Cir. 1989) (per curiam)). CONCLUSION For the foregoing reasons, the Court grants the motion for damages and costs in the amount of $5,400. The Court respectfully directs the Clerk to mail a copy of this decision to plaintiff at the address on file. SO ORDERED. Paul f ~~l~yer. f_~fkl United States District Judge Dated: June 3, 2021 New York, New York 2

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