AVENATTI v. GREE USA, INC.

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF INDIANA TERRE HAUTE DIVISION

ANTHONY AVENATTI, ) BARBARA E. AVENATTI, ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) v. ) No. 2:20-cv-00354-JPH-MJD ) GREE USA, INC., ) GREE ELECTRIC APPLIANCES, INC. OF ) ZHUHAI, ) HONG KONG GREE ELECTRIC ) APPLIANCES SALES LTD., ) MJC AMERICA LTD. ) d/b/a SOLEUS INTERNATIONAL ) INC., ) MJC AMERICA HOLDINGS CO., LTD., ) ) Defendants. ) ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION On July 26, 2021, Magistrate Judge Mark Dinsmore entered a Report and Recommendation, dkt. 114, recommending that the Court grant Plaintiffs' motion for sanctions, dkt. 100. The parties have had the opportunity to object but have not done so. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b); 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). The Court has considered and now ADOPTS the Report and Recommendation. Dkt. [114]. Plaintiffs' motion for sanctions is GRANTED, dkt. [100], and default is entered against Defendants, see Fed. R. Civ. P. 37(b)(2)(A)(vi). Default judgment will follow after damages have been determined according to the plan described in Magistrate Judge Dinsmore's order. See dkt. 114 at 10; e360 Insight v. The Spamhaus Project, 500 F.3d 594, 602 (7th Cir. 2007). SO ORDERED. Date: 8/18/2021 Sjamnu Pataick Hanbor James Patrick Hanlon United States District Judge Southern District of Indiana

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