Freedom Mortgage Corporation v. Bullock

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK FREEDOM MORTGAGE CORPORATION, ORDER Plaintiff, 19-CV-664 (NGG) (SJB) -against- JAMES M BULLOCK, JR., DEBORAH DURUSSEL, and CLERK OF THE SUFFOLK COUNTY TRAFFIC & PARKING VIOLATIONS AGENCY, Defendants.

NICHOLAS G. GARAUFIS, United States District Judge. Plaintiff Freedom Mortgage Corporation brought an action to foreclose on a mortgage encumbering a property in Suffolk County. (Compl. (Dkt. 1).) After Defendants failed to answer or otherwise appear despite service, Plaintiff moved for a default judgment pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. § 55(b) (2) and a judg- ment of foreclosure and sale pursuant to New York Real Property Actions and Proceedings Law Article 13. (Mot. for Def. J. (Dkt. 21).) On February 10, 2020, the court referred the motion to Magistrate Judge Sanket J. Bulsara for a Report and Recommendation (R&R). (Feb. 10, 2020 Order Referring Mot.) Judge Bul- sara issued the annexed R&R on July 31, 2020, recommending that the court deny the default judgment motion without prejudice to renew, and stay the filing of any new dispositive motions in the matter, pending the resolution of CIT Bank N.A. v. Schiffman, 948 F.3d 529 (2d Cir. 2020), certified question ac- cepted, 34 N.Y.3d 1137 (2020), which is currently before the New York Court of Appeals. No party has objected to Judge Bulsara’s R&R, and the time to do so has passed. See Fed. R. of Civ. P. 72(b)(2). Therefore, the court reviews the R&R for clear error. See Gesualdi v. Mack Excavation & Trailer Serv., Inc., No. 09 CV 2502 (KAM) (JO), 2010 WL 985294, at *1 (E.D.N.Y. Mar. 15, 2010); La Torres v. Walker, 216 F. Supp. 2d 157, 159 (S.D.N.Y. 2000). Having found none, the court ADOPTS the R&R in full.

SO ORDERED.

Dated: — Brooklyn, New York October 13, 2020 /s/ Nicholas G. Garaufis NICHOLAS G. GARAUFIS United States District Judge