J & J Sports Productions, Inc. v. Montenegro

• Court: District Court, D. Nevada
• Decided: October 5, 2020
• Docket: 2:17-cv-02353
• Status: Unknown

Opinion

1 Peter Dubowsky, Esq. Nevada Bar No. 4972 2 DUBOWSKY LAW OFFICE, CHTD. 300 South Fourth Street, Suite 1020 3 Las Vegas, Nevada 89101 Fax: 702-360-3515 4 Tel: 702-360-3500 5 Attorneys for Plaintiff

6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 8 J & J SPORTS PRODUCTIONS, INC. ) Case No.: 2:17-cv-02353-MMD-BNW 9 ) Plaintiff, ) 10 ) 11 vs. ) ) 12 HECTOR MONTENEGRO individually and ) PROPOSED DEFAULT JUDGMENT dba EL TRANCAZO NIGHT CLUB, LLC aka ) 13 EL TRANCAZO NIGHT CLUB, ) ) 14 Defendant. ) ) 15 16 Plaintiff, J & J Sports Productions, Inc. (hereinafter Plaintiff), by and through its 17 attorneys of record, Peter Dubowsky, Esq. of the Dubowsky Law Office, Chtd., having 18 filed a Complaint against Defendants HECTOR MONTENEGRO individually and dba EL 19 TRANCAZO NIGHT CLUB, LLC aka EL TRANCAZO NIGHT CLUB (ECF 1) and 20 alleging broadcast piracy under the of 1934, as amended, Title 47 U.S.C. 605 et seq., and 21 The Cable & Television Consumer Protection and Competition Act of 1992, as amended, 22 Title 47 U.S. Section 553, et seq. for pirating the "Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Marcos 23 Maidana II” WBC World Lightweight Championship Fight Program, telecast nationwide 24 25 on September 13, 2014; and 1 Plaintiff having submitted their Motion for Default Judgment (“Motion”) (ECF 15) 2 || with supporting Legal Memorandum to the Motion (ECF 16), and the Plaintiff's Affidavit > of J oseph M. Gagliardi (plus the Attachments: # 1 Exhibit License Agreement, # 2 Exhibit Rate Card) (ECF 17) and Affidavit of witness Lawrence E. Sanchez (ECF 18); and ° The Court finds that Plaintiff has met the seven factors outlined by the Ninth Circuit in Eitel v. McCool, 782 F.2d 1470, 1471 (9th Cir. 1986) for granting default judgment; and 4 3 accordingly, the amounts requested by Plaintiff for its federal claim, $10,000 in statutory

9 damages and $30,000 in “enhanced” statutory damages (47 U.S.C. §§ 605(e)((C)(3)@MdD 19 || and (e)(3)Gi) and Kingvision Pay-Per-View, Ltd. v. Backman, 102 F.Supp.2d 1196 (N.D. 11 || Cal. 2000)) based on this willful violation, including but not limited to such factors as the 12 Defendants $20.00 cover charge, and multiple screens (ECF 18), for a total award of 13 $40,000 against Defendant HECTOR MONTENEGRO individually and dba EL 14 || TRANCAZO NIGHT CLUB, LLC aka EL TRANCAZO NIGHT CLUB. *° | Dated: October 5, 2020

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