Seagears v. Lindsey

District Court, D. Nevada

Seagears v. Lindsey

Trial Court Opinion

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA

3 JERMAINE R. SEAGEARS, et al., ) 4 ) Plaintiffs, ) Case No.: 2:19-cv-01161-GMN-DJA 5 vs. ) 6 ) ORDER JACQUEZ C. LINDSEY d/b/a CLUTCH ) 7 GAME GEAR, ) ) 8 Defendant. ) ) 9 ) 10 11 Pending before the Court is the Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) of United States 12 Magistrate Judge Daniel J. Albregts, (ECF No. 14), which recommends that the Motion for 13 Default Judgment, (ECF No. 10), filed by Plaintiffs Jermaine R. Seagears and Work or Don’t 14 Eat, LLC (“Plaintiffs”) be granted in part and denied in part. The R&R recommends that 15 default be entered against Defendant, but that the Court should not award Plaintiffs the total 16 amount of attorney fees they request. 17 A party may file specific written objections to the findings and recommendations of a 18 United States Magistrate Judge made pursuant to Local Rule IB 1-4.

28 U.S.C. § 636

(b)(1)(B); 19 D. Nev. R. IB 3-2. Upon the filing of such objections, the Court must make a de novo 20 determination of those portions to which objections are made.

Id.

The Court may accept, reject, 21 or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the Magistrate Judge. 22

28 U.S.C. § 636

(b)(1); D. Nev. IB 3-2(b). Where a party fails to object, however, the Court is 23 not required to conduct “any review at all . . . of any issue that is not the subject of an 24 objection.” Thomas v. Arn,

474 U.S. 140, 149

(1985). Indeed, the Ninth Circuit has recognized 25 that a district court is not required to review a magistrate judge’s report and recommendation 1 where no objections have been filed. See, e.g., United States v. Reyna–Tapia,

328 F.3d 1114

, 2 1122 (9th Cir. 2003). 3 Here, no objections were filed, and the deadline to do so, January 29, 2020, has passed. 4 (Min. Order, ECF No. 14). 5 Accordingly, 6 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation, (ECF No. 14), is 7 ACCEPTED AND ADOPTED in full. 8 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Plaintiffs’ Motion for Default Judgment, (ECF No. 9 10), is GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. 10 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that: 11 a) Defendant shall immediately cease selling any products in his possession bearing the 12 name or trademark of Work or Don’t Eat; 13 b) Defendant shall destroy all apparel products currently in his possession bearing the 14 trade name or trademark of Work or Don’t Eat; 15 c) Defendant shall immediately cease all production of apparel products bearing the 16 name or trademark of Work or Don’t Eat; 17 d) Defendant shall immediately cease stating to any person verbally or in writing that he 18 is in any way connected to or works with Work or Don’t Eat; 19 e) Within thirty (30) days of the Plaintiffs serving a copy of this Order upon Defendant, 20 he must present records to Plaintiffs’ counsel, located at 4270 S. Decatur Blvd., Suite 21 A-9, Las Vegas, NV 89103, including all bank account records, sales records, 22 ledgers, and receipts of sales either in-person or online of all items bearing the Work 23 or Don’t Eat name or trademark, in order to permit an accounting to occur to 24 determine monetary amounts owed to Plaintiffs by Defendant; 25 f) At the same time Defendant produces the documents in the preceding paragraph to 1 Plaintiffs’ counsel, he must produce a report under

15 U.S.C. § 1116

(a) explaining 2 what he has done to comply with this Order of the Court; 3 g) Within sixty (60) days of Defendant providing the documents required in Paragraph 4 5 directly above, Plaintiffs may submit a Motion to Amend the Judgment entered 5 today in order to obtain additional monetary relief for Defendant’s infringement. 6 The Plaintiffs may also move at that time for the added attorney’s fees and costs 7 incurred through service of this Order and enforcement thereof. 8 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Court awards Plaintiffs an award of attorney 9 fees and costs against Defendant in the sum of $15,993.85. 10 The Clerk of Court shall close the case and enter judgment accordingly. 11 DATED this _3_1___ day of January, 2020. 12 13 ___________________________________ Gloria M. Navarro, District Judge 14 United States District Court 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25

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