Hsi et al v. Chen et al, No. 1:2017cv05436 - Document 45 (E.D.N.Y. 2018)

Court Description: MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER. I adopt the R&R in its entirety. Default Judgment is entered in the plaintiffs' favor on their breach of contract claim. I award the plaintiffs $150,000 in damages, jointly and severally against the defendants, $550 in costs, and post-judgment interest from the date of judgment until the date of payment. Ordered by Judge Ann M. Donnelly on 12/6/2018. (Greene, Donna)

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Hsi et al v. Chen et al Doc. 45 FiLED IN CLERK'S OFFICE US DISTRICT COURT E.D.N.Y, UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DEC 2018 A EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK -X BROOKLYN OFFICE HSI,etal. Plaintiffs, - against- MEMORANDUM DECISION AND ORDER I:17-cv-05436(AMD)(LB) CHEN,etal, Defendants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ockets.Justia.com post-judgment interest on all sums awarded from the date ofjudgment until the date of payment. {Id.) No objections have been filed to the R&R,and the time for doing so has passed. {Id.) A district court"may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge." 28 U.S.C. ยง 636(b)(1). To accept those portions of the R&R to which no timely objection has been made,"a district court need only satisfy itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record." Jarvis v. N. Am. Globex Fund. L.P., 823 F.Supp.2d 161, 163 (E.D.N.Y. 2011)(internal quotation marks omitted). I have carefully reviewed Judge Bloom's thoughtful and cogent R&R,and find no error. Accordingly, I adopt the R&R in its entirety. Default judgment is entered in the plaintiffs' favor on their breach of contract claim. I award the plaintiffs $150,000 in damages,jointly and severally against the defendants, $550 in costs, and post-judgment interest from the date of judgment until the date of payment. SO ORDERED. s/Ann M. Donnelly lydn M. Donnelly United States District Judge Dated: Brooklyn, New York December 6,2018

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