Cobbler Nevada, LLC v. Doe-24.21.130.11

Filing 58

ORDER - No party having made objections, this Court follows the recommendation of the Advisory Committee and reviews Judge Beckerman's Findings and Recommendation for clear error on the face of the record. No such error is apparent. Accor dingly, the Court ADOPTS Judge Beckerman's Findings and Recommendation, ECF 55 . Plaintiffs' motion for default judgment (ECF 41 ) is GRANTED. A judgment will be entered against Defendant, permanently enjoining him from infringing Plaintiffs' rights in the movie The Cobbler and awarding $750 in statutory damages. Signed on 10/24/2016 by Judge Michael H. Simon. (mja)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF OREGON

COBBLER NEVADA, LLC,
Plaintiff,

Case No. 3:15-0828-SB
ORDER

v.
MATTHEW OSIER,
Defendant.
Michael H. Simon, District Judge.
United States Magistrate Judge Stacie F. Beckerman issued Findings and
Recommendation in this case on October 3,, 2016. ECF 55. Judge Beckerman recommended that
Plaintiffs’ motion for default judgment be granted and a default judgment be entered in the
amount of statutory damages of $750. No party has filed objections.
Under the Federal Magistrates Act (“Act”), the court may “accept, reject, or modify, in
whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate.” 28 U.S.C.
§ 636(b)(1). If a party files objections to a magistrate’s findings and recommendations, “the court
shall make a de novo determination of those portions of the report or specified proposed findings
or recommendations to which objection is made.” Id.; Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)(3).
If no party objects, the Act does not prescribe any standard of review. See Thomas v. Arn,
474 U.S. 140, 152 (1985) (“There is no indication that Congress, in enacting [the Act], intended
to require a district judge to review a magistrate’s report to which no objections are filed.”);
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United States. v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003) (en banc) (holding that the
court must review de novo magistrate’s findings and recommendations if objection is made, “but
not otherwise”).
Although review is not required in the absence of objections, the Act “does not preclude
further review by the district judge[] sua sponte . . . under a de novo or any other standard.”
Thomas, 474 U.S. at 154. Indeed, the Advisory Committee Notes to Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b)
recommend that “[w]hen no timely objection is filed,” the court review the magistrate’s findings
and recommendations for “clear error on the face of the record.”
No party having made objections, this Court follows the recommendation of the Advisory
Committee and reviews Judge Beckerman’s Findings and Recommendation for clear error on the
face of the record. No such error is apparent. Accordingly, the Court ADOPTS Judge
Beckerman’s Findings and Recommendation, ECF 55. Plaintiffs’ motion for default judgment
(ECF 41) is GRANTED. A judgment will be entered against Defendant, permanently enjoining
him from infringing Plaintiffs’ rights in the movie The Cobbler and awarding $750 in statutory
damages.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED this 24th day of October, 2016.

/s/ Michael H. Simon
Michael H. Simon
United States District Judge

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