1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 14 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 15 16 JS FREIGHT LLC, Case No. 1:24-cv-00430-JLT-BAM 17 Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS REGARDING 18 v. PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT 19 SNOW JOE LLC, (Docs. 25, 33) 20 Defendant. 21 22 JS Freight LLC initiated this action on April 10, 2024. (Doc. 1.) On October 20, 2025, 23 the assigned magistrate judge issued findings and recommendations regarding Plaintiff’s Motion 24 for Default Judgment recommending as follows: (1) Plaintiff’s motion for default judgment be 25 GRANTED and default judgment be entered in favor of Plaintiff JS Freight LLC and against 26 Defendant Snow Joe LLC; (2) Plaintiff be awarded damages in the principal sum amount of 27 $75,569.00; (3) Plaintiff be awarded pre-judgment interest on the principal sum amount pursuant 28 to

(b), to be calculated at a rate of 10% annually from the date the invoice 1 became due and payable, until the date this judgment is entered; (4) Plaintiff’s request for 2 attorneys’ fees and costs be DENIED without prejudice, and to the extent that Plaintiff wishes to 3 seek attorneys’ fees and costs, Plaintiff is ORDERED to submit supplemental briefing on the 4 issue of attorneys’ fees and costs no later than 30 days after the date this judgment is entered; and 5 (5) Plaintiff be ordered to mail a copy of these findings and recommendations to Defendant Snow 6 Joe LLC at the address of its registered agent for service of process. (Doc. 33.) 7 The Court served the findings and recommendations on Defendant Snow Joe LLC (Doc. 8 34) and notified defendant that any objections thereto were to be filed within 14 days after 9 service. (Doc. 33 at 11.) Defendant Snow Joe LLC has not filed objections, and the time to do so 10 has since passed. 11 In accordance with the provisions of

(b)(1)(c), this Court has conducted a 12 de novo review of the case. Having carefully reviewed the entire file, the court finds that the 13 findings and recommendations are supported by the record and proper analysis. See Eitel v. 14 McCool,

(9th Cir. 1986); PepsiCo, Inc. v. Cal. Sec. Cans,

2d 1172, 1174 (C.D. Cal. 2002). Accordingly, the Court ORDERS: 16 1. The findings and recommendations issued on October 20, 2025 (Doc. 33) are ADOPTED 17 IN FULL; 18 2. Default judgment is entered in favor of Plaintiff JS Freight LLC and against Defendant 19 Snow Joe LLC; 20 3. Plaintiff is awarded damages in the principal sum amount of $75,569.00; 21 4. Plaintiff is awarded pre-judgment interest on the principal sum amount pursuant to Cal. 22 Civ. Code § 3289(b), to be calculated at a rate of 10% annually from the date the invoice 23 became due and payable, until the date this judgment is entered; 24 5. Plaintiff’s request for attorneys’ fees and costs is DENIED without prejudice, and to the 25 extent that Plaintiff wishes to seek attorneys’ fees and costs, Plaintiff is ORDERED to 26 submit supplemental briefing on the issue of attorneys’ fees and costs no later than 30 27 days after the date this judgment is entered; and 28 6. Plaintiff is ordered to mail a copy of this Order to Defendant Snow Joe LLC at that 1 Defendant’s last known address. 2 3 IT IS SO ORDERED. | Dated: _November 14, 2025 Charis [Tourn TED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28