IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS

Iconic Energy LLC, ) ) ) Plaintiff; ) ) Vv. ) Case No: 18 CV 50020 ) Solar Permit Services, Inc., ) ) Defendant. ) Judge Frederick J. Kapala

ORDER Before the court is a report and recommendation (“R&R”) [41] from the magistrate judge recommending that defendant’s motion to vacate entry of default [24] be granted, contingent on defendant’s payment of the reasonable fees and costs the plaintiff incurred as a result of the default. After being afforded a sufficient opportunity, neither party has offered any objection to the R&R. Accordingly, there being no written objection to the R&R of the magistrate judge, see

(b)(1); Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b); Thomas v. Arn,

(1985), and the court having reviewed the R&R, the court accepts the R&R and grants defendant’s motion to vacate entry of default, contingent on defendant’s payment of the reasonable fees and costs the plaintiff incurred as a result of the default. After the magistrate judge directed plaintiffs counsel to file a statement of the reasonable fees and costs incurred, plaintiff s counsel filed an affidavit in support of attorney’s fees [42-1]. Defendant objects to plaintiff s affidavit in support of attorney’s fees [44]. The court leaves resolution of the dispute over the affidavit in support of plaintiff's attorney’s fees to the magistrate judge.

Date: 8/20/2018 ENTER:

FREDERICK J. a District Judge