Janus v. Regalis Construction, Inc. et al, No. 1:2011cv05788 - Document 17 (E.D.N.Y. 2012)

Court Description: OPINION & ORDER [ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION]: Having reviewed the record, I find no clear error and hereby adopt the 15 Report and Recommendation, in its entirety, as the opinion of the Court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)( 1). Accordingly, plaintiff's 14 motion for default judgment is granted. The Clerk of Court is directed to enter judgment in favor of plaintiff against both defendants as follows: (1) Awarding $ 494.00 in unpaid overtime and liqu idated damages under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 201, et seq.; (2) $ 14,873.75 in unpaid overtime and liquidated damages under the New York Labor Law; (3) Prejudgment interest totaling $ 4,009.96 through 5/31/ 2012, plus an additional $ 2.38 per diem from 6/1/2012 through the date of judgment; (4) $ 10,280 in attorney's fees; and (5) $ 649.52 in costs. SO ORDERED by Judge Allyne R. Ross, on 9/4/2012. C/mailed by Chambers. (Forwarded for Judgment.) (Latka-Mucha, Wieslawa)

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vIF I!ILID_._ UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK --------------------------------------------------------------------- f- ¬aJ¥ YJ~, A~'''l~ j(ft: 81ft 18 , 2012 * x * BROOKt.'IN OFFICE ll-CV -5788 (ARR) ANDRZEJ JANUS, on behalf of himself and on behalf of all others similarly situated, NOT FOR ELECTRONIC OR PRINT PUBLICAnON Plaintiff, OPINION & ORDER -againstREGALIS CONSTRUCTION, INC., and JAN POMIANEK, Defendants. x ROSS, United States District Judge: The court has received the Report and Recommendation ("R&R") (Dkt. No. 15) on the instant case, dated July 23, 2012, from the Honorable Victor V. Pohorelsky, United States Magistrate Judge. No objections have been filed, so the court has reviewed the R&R for clear error on the face of the record. See Advisory Comm. Notes to Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b); accord Edwards v. Town of Huntington, No. 05-CV-339, 2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 50074, at *6 (E.D.N.Y. July 11,2007); McKoy v. Henderson, No. 05 Civ. 1535,2007 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 15673, at *1 (S.D.N.Y. March 5, 2007). Having reviewed the record, I find no clear error and hereby adopt the R&R, in its entirety, as the opinion of the court pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(l). Accordingly, plaintiffs motion for default judgment (Dkt. No. 14) is granted. The Clerk of Court is directed to enter judgment in favor of plaintiff against both defendants as follows: 1. Awarding $494.00 in unpaid overtime and liquidated damages under the Fair Labor Standards Act, 29 U.S.C. § 201, et seq.; 2. $14,873.75 in unpaid overtime and liquidated damages under the New York Labor Law; 3. Prejudgment interest totaling $4,009.96 through May 31,2012, plus an additional $2.38 per diem from June 1,2012 through the date of judgment; 4. $10,280 in attorney's fees; and 5. $649.52 in costs. SO ORDERED. S/Judge Ross Allyne R. Ross United States Dated: September 4,2012 Brooklyn, New York 2 MAILING LIST Robert Wisniewski & Associates P.C. 225 Broadway Suite 1020 New York, NY 10007 Regalis Construction Inc. 592 Leonard Street #6 Brooklyn, NY 11222 Jan Pomianek 664060PL Ridgewood, NY 11385 Jan Pomianek 592 Leonard Street Brooklyn, NY 11222 Magistrate Judge Pohorelsky

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