Hydraflow Industries NZ Limited v. DOES 1-139

Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS AUSTIN DIVISION

HYDRAFLOW INDUSTRIES NZ LIM- § ITED, § § Plaintiff, § § CIVIL NO. A-22-CV-00962-ADA v. § § THE INDIVIDUALS, BUSINESS ENTI- § TIES, AND UNINCORPORATED AS- § SOCIATIONS IDENTIFIED IN EX- § HIBIT 1, Defendants.

ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION Before the Court is the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Dustin M. Howell. ECF No. 37. The report recommends Plaintiff Hydraflow Industries’ Motion for Default Judgment (ECF No. 33) be GRANTED. The report and recommendation was filed on August 16, 2023. A party may file specific, written objections to the proposed findings and recommendations of the magistrate judge within fourteen days after being served with a copy of the report and rec- ommendation, thereby securing de novo review by the district court. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b); Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b). A district court need not consider “[f]rivolous, conclusive, or general objections.” Battle v. U.S. Parole Comm’n, 834 F.2d 419, 421 (5th Cir. 1987) (quoting Nettles v. Wainwright, 677 F.2d 404, 410 n.8 (5th Cir. 1982) (en banc), overruled on other grounds by Douglass v. United States Auto. Ass’n, 79 F.3d 1415 (5th Cir. 1996)). Defendant filed objections on August 25, 2023. ECF No. 38. The Court has conducted a de novo review of the motion to dismiss, the responses, the report and recommendation, the objection to the report and recommendation, and the applicable laws. After that thorough review, the Court is persuaded that the Magistrate Judge’s findings and recommendation should be adopted. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Dustin M. Howell, ECF No. 37, is ADOPTED. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendant’s objections ace OVERRULED. IT IS FINALLY ORDERED that Plaintiff Hydraflow Industries’ Motion for Default Judgment, ECF No. 33, is GRANTED in accordance with the Report and Recommendation.

SIGNED this 6th day of March, 2024. ™~s, ot } ALAN D ALBRIGHT UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDG