APL Co. Pte. Ltd., American President Lines, Ltd. v. Owl Plastics International Inc.
APL Co. Pte. Ltd., American President Lines, Ltd. v. Owl Plastics International Inc.
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ----------------------------------------------x APL CO. PTE. LTD., AMERICAN PRESIDENT LINES, LTD.,
Plaintiff, MEMORANDUM AND ORDER -against- Case No. 19-CV-5470 (FB) (JO)
OWL PLASTICS INTERNATIONAL INC.,
Defendant. ----------------------------------------------x BLOCK, Senior District Judge: Magistrate Judge Orenstein issued a Report and Recommendation (“R&R”) recommending that a default judgment be entered on the first cause of action against the defendant in the amount of $259,951.12, consisting of $197,210.87 in damages, $62,340.25 in prejudgment interest, and $400 in costs. Judge Orenstein further recommended that the remaining two causes of action seeking identical relief be dismissed. The Court entered an order setting August 3, 2020, as the deadline for objections. The R&R warned that “[f]ailure to file objections within this period designating the particular issues to be reviewed waives the right to appeal.” R&R at 4. The R&R was served on the defendants. No objections have been filed. Where clear notice has been given of the consequences of failure to object, and there are no objections, the Court may adopt the R&R without de novo review. See Thomas v. Arn,
474 U.S. 140, 149-50(1985); Mario v. P & C Food Mkts., Inc.,
313 F.3d 758, 766(2d Cir. 2002) (“Where parties receive clear notice of the
consequences, failure timely to object to a magistrate’s report and recommendation operates as a waiver of further judicial review of the magistrate’s decision.”). The Court will, however, excuse the failure to object and conduct de novo review if it
appears that the magistrate judge may have committed plain error. See Spence v. Superintendent, Great Meadow Corr. Facility,
219 F.3d 162, 174(2d Cir. 2000). No error, plain or otherwise, appears on the face of the R&R, so the Court adopts it without de novo review. Accordingly, the Clerk shall enter judgment in
favor of the plaintiff and against the defendant on the first cause of action, dismiss the remaining two causes of action seeking identical relief, and award the plaintiff a total of $259,951.12.
SO ORDERED.
_/S/ Frederic Block___________ FREDERIC BLOCK Senior United States District Judge Brooklyn, New York August 4, 2020
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