Gorman v. Stealth Construction US, Inc.

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF FLORIDA

CASE NO. 0:24-cv-60763-LEIBOWITZ/AUGUSTIN-BIRCH

JACOB ANTHONY GORMAN,

Plaintiff,

v.

STEAL CONSTRUCTION US, INC., ,

Defendants.

______________________________________/ ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE’S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION

THIS MATTER was referred to United States Magistrate Judge Panayotta D. Augustin-Birch for a report and recommendation on Plaintiff’s Motion for Default Judgment (the “Motion”) [ECF No. 14]. [ECF No. 15]. Judge Augustin-Birch has since issued a Report and Recommendation (the “R&R”), recommending that the Motion be granted in part and denied in part. [ECF No. 23]. The parties did not file any objections to the R&R, and the time to do so has passed. After careful review of the filings, the applicable law, and the record, the Court adopts Judge Augustin Birch’s R&R in its entirety. “In order to challenge the findings and recommendations of the magistrate judge, a party must file written objections which shall specifically identify the portions of the proposed findings and recommendation to which objection is made and the specific basis for objection.” Macort v. Prem, Inc., 208 F. App’x 781, 783 (11th Cir. 2006) (cleaned up). The objections must also present “supporting legal authority.” S.D. Fla. L. Mag. J.R. 4(b). Once a district court receives “objections meeting the specificity requirement set out above,” it must “make a de novo determination of those portions of the report to which objection is made and may accept, reject, or modify in whole or in part, the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge.” Macort, 208 F. App’x at 783-84 (cleaned up). To the extent a party fails to object to parts of the magistrate judge’s report, those portions are reviewed for clear error. Id. at 784 (cleaned up). The parties have not submitted any objections to Judge Augustin-Birch’s R&R, and the time to do so has passed. As such, the Court has reviewed the R&R for clear error only. Upon this review, the Court finds not only no clear error but also notes that Judge Augustin-Birch’s R&R is thorough, cogent, and compelling. ‘The Court adopts the R&R in its entirety. Accordingly, it is hereby ORDERED AND ADJUDGED: 1. Magistrate Judge Augustin-Birch’s R&R [ECF No. 23] is AFFIRMED AND ADOPTED. 2. PlaintifPs Motion for Default Judgment [ECF No. 14] is GRANTED IN PART and DENIED IN PART. 3. Plaintiff entitled to damages of $102,835.94. 4. Final default judgment will be entered by separate order. DONE AND ORDERED in the Southern District of Florida this February 21, 2025. DAVID S, LEIBOWITZ UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE cc: counsel of record