Board of Trustees, Sheet Metal Workers' National Pension Fund, et al. v. C & F Fabricators, Inc.

Summary

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia adopted a magistrate judge’s Report and Recommendation and granted the plaintiffs’ motion for default judgment against C & F Fabricators, Inc. The court ordered entry of judgment totaling $708,060.25, plus $5,992.68 in attorneys’ fees and costs, for unpaid pension-fund contributions, interest, and liquidated damages.

Holdings

1. When no objections are filed to a magistrate judge's Report and Recommendation, the district court need not conduct de novo review and may accept the recommendation after satisfying itself that there is no clear error on the face of the record.
2. Plaintiffs were entitled to default judgment against C & F Fabricators, Inc. under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 55 in the total amount of $708,060.25, plus $5,992.68 in attorneys' fees and costs.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the court should approve and adopt the magistrate judge's Report and Recommendation when no objections were filed and the record showed no clear error.
2. Whether Plaintiffs were entitled to default judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 55 for the claimed unpaid contributions, interest, liquidated damages, attorneys' fees, and costs.

Disposition

other