HICA Education Loan Corporation v. Klugewicz

Filing 10

ORDER granting 7 Motion for Default Judgment; adopting Report and Recommendations re 9 Report and Recommendations. Signed by District Judge Harry S Mattice, Jr on 1/4/2013. (SAC, )

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF TENNESSEE
at CHATTANOOGA
HICA EDUCATION LOAN
CORPORATION,
Plaintiff,
v.
CHRISTOPHER J. KLUGEWICZ,
Defendant.

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Case No. 1:11-cv-287
Judge Mattice
Magistrate Judge Carter

ORDER
Plaintiff HICA Education Loan Corporation has filed a Motion for Default
Judgment against Defendant Christopher J. Klugewicz. (Doc. 7). The Court referred the
Motion for Default Judgment to United States Magistrate Judge William B. Carter for a
Report and Recommendation on Defendant’s liability for the causes of action in
Plaintiff’s complaint and the amount of damages, including pre- and post-judgment
interest, to which Plaintiff is entitled as a result of Defendants’ liability for such causes
of action. (Doc. 8).
Magistrate Judge Carter filed his Report and Recommendation pursuant to 28
U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b). (Doc. 9). Magistrate
Judge Carter recommended that Plaintiff be awarded judgment on its claims of breach
of promissory note against Defendant in the amount of $63,955.55 plus pre-judgment
interest from January 31, 2012 to the date of judgment at the rate of $5.14 per day, and
post-judgment interest thereafter pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1961. Neither party has filed
objections to the Magistrate Judge’s Report and Recommendation.

After reviewing the record, the Court agrees with Magistrate Judge Carter’s
Report and Recommendation.

The Court hereby ACCEPTS and ADOPTS the

Magistrate Judge’s findings of fact, conclusions of law, and recommendations pursuant
to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1) and Rule 72(b). Plaintiff’s Motion for Default Judgment (Doc.
7) is hereby GRANTED.
Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 58(a), the Clerk of Court is DIRECTED to enter a
separate document entering judgment in favor of Plaintiff.

SO ORDERED this 4th day of January, 2013.

/s/ Harry S. Mattice, Jr._______
HARRY S. MATTICE, JR.
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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