Parade Produce, Inc. v. AMA Foods, Inc. et al

Filing 33

MEMORANDUM ORDER re 31 REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION. ORDERED that default judgment be ENTERED against Defendants AMA, Andreas Alevromagiros, Mike Alevromagiros, and Theodore Alevromagiros in favor of Plaintiff Parade Produce, Inc. in the amount of $54,108.08. Signed by District Judge Gerald Bruce Lee on 10/5/2010. (tche)

Parade Produce, Inc. v. AMA Foods, Inc. et al

Doc. 33

IN T H E

UNITED

STATES

DISTRICT

COURT FOR THE

EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
ALEXANDRIA DIVISION

5

L
OCT - 5 2010

y

Parade Produce,

Inc., Plaintiff,
v.

CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT
ALEXANDRIA, VIRGINIA

Case No.

I:09cvl210

(GBL)

AMA Foods,

Inc.

et a l . ,
Defendants

MEMORANDUM

ORDER

THIS MATTER is b e f o r e the Court on the S e p t e m b e r 16, 2010 Report and R e c o m m e n d a t i o n of Magistrate Judge T. Rawles Jones'
R e p o r t a n d R e c o m m e n d a t i o n r e g a r d i n g P l a i n t i f f P a r a d e Produce,

Inc.'s ("Parade") Motion for Default Judgment against Defendants
A M A Foods, Inc. ("AMA"), M i k e A l e v r o m a g i r o s , A n d r e a s

Alevromagiros,
Alvararagas.

and T h e o d o r e Alevromagiros, a / k / a T h e o d o r u s
T h i s c a s e c o n c e r n s the D e f e n d a n t s ' v i o l a t i o n s of

the Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act, 7 U.S.C. § 4 99a et
seq. (2006) (hereinafter "PACA").

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 72(b) provides that a
m a g i s t r a t e j u d g e m a y h e a r a d i s p o s i t i v e motion, w i t h o u t the

consent of the parties, and recommend the disposition of the

matter to a district judge.

Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b).

A party must

serve any objections to the magistrate j u d g e ' s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n

wichin fourteen days of being served with a copy of the order.

Dockets.Justia.com

Fed. R. Civ. P. 7 2 ( b ) .

T h e d i s t r i c t j u d g e to w h o m a c a s e is

a s s i g n e d s h o u l d m a k e a de n o v o d e t e r m i n a t i o n on the record, or
receive a d d i t i o n a l e v i d e n c e , o n a n y p o r t i o n of the m a g i s t r a t e

judge's d i s p o s i t i o n to w h i c h a p a r t y has m a d e a s p e c i f i c w r i t t e n
objection. Id.

Here, P l a i n t i f f f i l e d the C o m p l a i n t o n O c t o b e r 27, 2 0 0 9 . Process for AMA was served on Theodore Alevromagiros, an AMA
o f f i c e r , o n N o v e m b e r 2, 2 0 0 9 . (Dkt. No. 9). Process for Andreas

Alevromagiros was s e r v e d on his wife at t h e i r home o n M a r c h 12,
2010. (Dkt. No. 22). Process for Mike Alevromagiros was served

personally on November 2, 2009. (Dkt. No. 6)

The Clerk entered

d e f a u l t as to M i k e a n d T h e o d o r e A l e v r o m a g i r o s o n F e b r u a r y 10,
2 0 1 0 (Dkt. Nos. 1 4 - 1 5 ) , A M A o n F e b r u a r y 16, 2 0 1 0 (Dkt. No. 19),

and Andreas Alevromagiros on April 8, 2010 (Dkt. No. 25).
D e f e n d a n t f a i l e d to a p p e a r at the s c h e d u l e d A p r i l 30, 2 0 1 0

hearing after which time the magistrate j u d g e took the case u n d e r
advisement. (Dkt. No. 30). None of the Defendants have

responded to the C o m p l a i n t a n d Federal Rule of C i v i l P r o c e d u r e 55
a l l o w s t h i s C o u r t to g r a n t a M o t i o n f o r D e f a u l t J u d g m e n t w h e r e a
p a r t y f a i l s to p l e a d o r d e f e n d a g a i n s t a c l a i m .
55.

Fed. R. Civ. P.

Magistrate Judge Buchanan recommends that the Court enter

d e f a u l t j u d g m e n t a g a i n s t D e f e n d a n t s i n f a v o r of P a r a d e i n t h e
a m o u n t of $ 5 4 , 1 0 8 . 0 8 f o r p r o d u c e d e l i v e r e d a n d a c c e p t e d .

Magistrate J u d g e B u c h a n a n f u r t h e r r e c o m m e n d s t h a t P l a i n i t f f

s h o u l d be e n t i t l e d to r e c o v e r the a m o u n t f r o m D e f e n d a n t s j o i n t l y
and severally.

Neither p a r t y filed objections w i t h i n f o u r t e e n (14) days
a f t e r b e i n g s e r v e d w i t h the m a g i s t r a t e j u d g e ' s r e c o m m e n d a t i o n .

Therefore, the Court adopts Magistrate Judge Buchanan's Report
and Recommendation i n t o t o . A c c o r d i n g l y , it is h e r e b y

O R D E R E D that d e f a u l t j u d g m e n t be E N T E R E D a g a i n s t D e f e n d a n t s
AMA, A n d r e a s A l e v r o m a g i r o s , M i k e A l e v r o m a g i r o s , a n d T h e o d o r e

A l e v r o m a g i r o s in f a v o r of P l a i n t i f f P a r a d e Produce, Inc. in the
amount of $54,108.08.

T h e C l e r k is d i r e c t e d to f o r w a r d a c o p y of t h e O r d e r to
counsel of record.

Entered the :

$*·

d a y of O c t o b e r ,

2010

Alexandria, V i r g i n i a

/s/

Gerald Bruce Lee

United States District Judge