Summary
The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia adopted the Report and Recommendation, granted Christopher Lumpkin’s motion for default judgment, and awarded him $3,000 in damages against Defendant Daugherty. The court dismissed the action without leave to amend and stated that the order was final and appealable.
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Questions Presented
- Whether the Report and Recommendation should be accepted and adopted.
- Whether the plaintiff was entitled to default judgment and an award of damages.
- Whether the action should be dismissed without leave to amend, rendering the order final and appealable.
Holdings
- The court accepted and adopted the Report and Recommendation.
- The court granted Lumpkin's motion for default judgment and awarded him $3,000 in damages against Daugherty.
- The action was dismissed, and leave to amend was not granted, making the order final and appealable.
Key quotations
“The Court does not grant leave to amend, rendering this order final and appealable.”
Factual background
The opinion contains no substantive factual findings concerning the underlying dispute. It establishes only that Lumpkin sought default judgment against Daugherty and that the court awarded him $3,000 in damages.
Procedural history
The matter was before the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia on a Report and Recommendation and the plaintiff's motion for default judgment. The court accepted and adopted the Report and Recommendation, granted default judgment, awarded Lumpkin $3,000 against Daugherty, terminated specified docket entries, and dismissed the action. The court denied leave to amend, making the order final and appealable.