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Nature of Suit Code: 791
Nature of Suit: Employee Retirement Income Security Act (ERISA)
Cause of Action: 29:1132 E.R.I.S.A.-Employee Benefits

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Hartford Life and Accident Ins. Co.,

Plaintiff,

vs.

Gomez et al.,

Defendants. 

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No. CV 13-1144-PHX-BSB 

MEMORANDUM OF DECISION 

AND ORDER

Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s Renewed Motion for Entry of Default

Judgment. (Doc. 27.) This interpleader action was assigned to Magistrate Judge Bade and

Plaintiff consented to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction. (Docs. 3, 5.) Because Defendant Lizeth

Gomez has neither appeared nor consented to Magistrate Judge jurisdiction, Magistrate Judge

Bade filed a Report and Recommendation with this Court on November 25, 2013. (Doc. 33.)

To date, no objections have been filed.

The Court “may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, the findings or

recommendations made by the magistrate.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(C); see Baxter v. Sullivan,

923 F.2d 1391, 1394 (9th Cir. 1991). Parties have fourteen days from the service of a copy

of the Magistrate’s recommendation within which to file specific written objections to the

Court. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); Fed. R. Civ. P. 6, 72. Failure to object to a Magistrate Judge’s

recommendation relieves the Court of conducting de novo review of the Magistrate Judge’s

factual findings and waives all objections to those findings on appeal. See Turner v. Duncan,

158 F.3d 449, 455 (9th Cir. 1998). 

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Having reviewed the Report and Recommendation of Magistrate Judge Bade, to

which there have been no objections by any party, the Court hereby incorporates and adopts

Magistrate Judge Bade’s Report and Recommendation. 

Accordingly,

 IT IS HEREBY ORDERED adopting the Report and Recommendation of the

Magistrate Judge. (Doc. 33.)

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED granting Plaintiff’s Renewed Motion for Entry of

Default Judgment Against Defendant Lizeth Gomez. (Doc. 27.)

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Lizeth Gomez, her attorneys, her agents, and her

assigns are permanently enjoined from initiating proceedings against Hartford in connection

with the accidental death and dismemberment benefit at issue in this interpleader action.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Court retains jurisdiction over this matter in

order to enforce the injunctive relief.

DATED this 3rd day of January, 2014.

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