Burton v. City of New York

Opinion

USDC SDNY UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DOCUMENT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK ELECTRONICALLY FILED HUWE BURTON, DOC DATE FILED: _ 10/14/2022 Plaintiff, -against- 20 Civ. 9025 (AT) (RWL) STACEY BLOCKER a/k/a STACEY GREEN, ORDER Defendant. ANALISA TORRES, District Judge: Having received no objections to the Report and Recommendation (the “R&R”), ECF No. 113, of the Honorable Robert W. Lehrburger, the Court reviewed the R&R for clear error and found none. Oquendo v. Colvin, No. 12 Civ. 4527, 2014 WL 4160222, at *2 (S.D.N.Y. Aug. 19, 2014). The Court, therefore, ADOPTS the R&R in its entirety. Accordingly, Plaintiff Huwe Burton’s motion for default judgment and an award of damages against Defendant Stacey Blocker a/k/a Stacey Green is GRANTED. Defendant must pay compensatory damages in the amount of $19,000,000 and post-judgment interest pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1961 to Plaintiff. The Clerk of Court is directed to enter judgment against Defendant in accordance with this order and close the case. SO ORDERED. Dated: October 14, 2022 New York, New York ANALISA TORRES United States District Judge