J&J Sports Productions Inc v. Serrano et al

Filing 16

ORDER denying 14 Motion for Default Judgment. ORDER MORE FULLY SETOUT. Signed by Honorable Timothy D. DeGiusti on 8/30/2017. (mb)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE
WESTERN DISTRICT OF OKLAHOMA
J & J SPORTS PRODUCTIONS, INC.,
Plaintiff,
v.
FRANCISCO SERRANO, individually
and d/b/a Club Gallo DE ORO,
Defendant.

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Case No. CIV-16-1021-D

ORDER
On May 8, 2017, the Court denied Plaintiff’s Motion for Default Judgment on
the grounds Plaintiff failed to establish necessary facts to support its contention that
Defendant was not in military service, and therefore, not exempt from default
judgment under the Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Civil Relief Act of 1940. See Order, May
8, 2017 at 2-3 [Doc. No. 13]. On May 19, 2017, Plaintiff filed its Second Motion for
Default Judgment in which it again asserts Defendant is not in military service. In
support of this contention, Plaintiff submits a “TLO report”1 and a status report from
the Department of Defense (“DOD”) Manpower Data Center. In its counsel’s

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TLO is a division of the credit reporting agency TransUnion that, through its
product, “TLOxp,” offers an online database an individual can use to obtain the
profile of a person, business or asset. Plaintiff’s counsel states he used the TLO
report to obtain Defendant’s date of birth. See Pl. Counsel’s Affidavit, ¶ 3 [Doc. No.
15-3].

affidavit in support of default judgment, Plaintiff contends the DOD report
“indicat[es] that Francisco Serrano … is not a servicemember.” See Pl. Counsel’s
Affidavit, ¶ 3.
This assertion, however, is contradicted by a plain reading of the report. To
the contrary, the DOD Manpower Data Center states that “[b]ased on the personal
information you provided, there are multiple records; accordingly, DMDC cannot
definitively identify the individual and is unable to release any information. We
strongly recommend in this case that you call the service SCRA for additional
verification.” See Status Report Pursuant to Servicemembers Civil Relief Act [Doc.
No. 15-7] (emphasis added). Below this statement, the DOD adds, “[w]ithout a
social security number, the [DOD] Manpower Data Center cannot authoritatively
assert that this is the same individual that your query refers to. Name and date of
birth alone do not uniquely identify an individual.” See id. (emphasis added).
Based on the foregoing, the Court finds Plaintiff has failed to cure its prior
deficiency in proving Defendant is not in military service. Accordingly, its Second
Motion for Default Judgment is DENIED.
IT IS SO ORDERED this 30th day of August 2017.

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