Cassandra Whitaker, as putative representative of the estate of Nashyra Whitaker v. Bianca Farmer, et al.

Summary

The United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas accepts and adopts a magistrate judge’s Memorandum and Recommendation recommending that the plaintiff’s Second Amended Motion for Default Judgment be granted. The court entered default judgment against Adriana Trevino, All Square Inc., Issac V. Garcia, and IZK LLC.

Holdings

1. When no party objects to a magistrate judge's Memorandum and Recommendation, the district court reviews the recommendation for plain error; finding no plain error, the court may accept and adopt it.
2. The court accepted and adopted the magistrate judge's Memorandum and Recommendation, granted Plaintiff's Second Amended Motion for Default Judgment, and entered default judgment against Adriana Trevino, All Square Inc., Issac V. Garcia, and IZK LLC.

Questions Presented

1. Whether the district court should accept and adopt the magistrate judge's Memorandum and Recommendation when no party filed an objection.
2. Whether Plaintiff's Second Amended Motion for Default Judgment should be granted and default judgment entered against the specified defendants.

Disposition

other