McNamara v. Whamtech, Inc.

District Court, D. Nevada

McNamara v. Whamtech, Inc.

Trial Court Opinion

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 6 * * *

7 THOMAS W. MCNAMARA, Case No. 2:18-CV-1336 JCM (CWH)

8 Plaintiff(s), ORDER

9 v.

10 WHAMTECH, INC.,

11 Defendant(s).

12 13 Presently before the court is the matter of McNamara v. Whamtech, Inc., case number 14 2:18-cv-01336-JCM-CWH. On January 20, 2020, plaintiff Thomas W. McNamara filed a 15 confession of judgment, which was executed by defendant Whamtech, Inc. (“WhamTech”) 16 pursuant to the terms of the parties’ settlement agreement, authorizing the clerk to enter a 17 $3,000,000 judgment in McNamara’s favor. (ECF No. 17). 18 On February 18, the court instructed McNamara to file an affidavit setting forth the 19 unpaid portion of that amount, as required by the confession of judgment. (ECF No. 18). The 20 next day, McNamara’s counsel, Abran Vigil, declared that the unpaid balance was $2,000,000. 21 (ECF No. 19). 22 . . . 23 . . . 24 . . . 25 . . . 26 . . . 27 . . . 28 . . . 1 Accordingly, 2 The clerk is instructed to enter judgment against WhamTech and in favor of McNamara 3 | in the amount of $2,000,000. Interest shall accrue on the judgment from its date of entry until paid in full, pursuant to

28 U.S.C. § 1961

.! 5 DATED July 24, 2020. 6 MB tte ©. Atala 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ' Federal law controls the award of post-judgment interest, even in a diversity case. See Northrop Corp. v. Triad Int'l Mktg., S.A.,

842 F.2d 1154

, 1155 (9th Cir. 1988). es C. Mahan District Judge _2-

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