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Nature of Suit Code: 840
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 15:1125la Trademark Infringement (Lanham Act)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LEFT COAST WRESTLING, LLC, 

Plaintiff,

v. 

DEARBORN INT'L LLC, 

Defendant.

 Case No.: 17cv466-LAB (NLS) 

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND 

RECOMMENDATION, AND 

GRANTING DEFAULT JUDGMENT 

AGAINST DEFENDANTS DUKE 

MINH LE AND DEARBORN 

INTERNATIONAL, LLC; AND 

ORDER REQUIRING PLAINTIFF 

TO SUBMIT PROPOSED ORDER 

 The Court referred Plaintiff’s motion for default judgment (Docket no. 37) against 

Defendants Duke Minh Le and Dearborn, International, LLC to Magistrate Judge Nita 

Stormes for a report and recommendation. (Docket no. 38.) The motion sought certain 

relief for discovery abuses which was within Judge Stormes’ power to grant, and she was 

authorized to rule directly on that. Or, if appropriate, she could roll this into the general 

analysis. As to the remainder, she was directed to issue a report and recommendation. 

 Judge Stormes issued her report and recommendation (the “R&R”). As part of the 

R&R, she recommended an award of costs and attorney’s fees, but did not calculate the 

amount. Instead, she ordered Plaintiff to supplement the briefing. After Plaintiff did that, 

Judge Stormes issued a supplemental report and recommendation (Docket no. 44, 

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“Supplemental R&R”) calculating the costs and attorney’s fees to be awarded. No party 

has filed objections. 

 A district court has jurisdiction to review a Magistrate Judge's report and 

recommendation on dispositive matters. Fed. R. Civ. P. 72(b). “The district judge must 

determine de novo any part of the magistrate judge's disposition that has been properly 

objected to.” Id. “A judge of the court may accept, reject, or modify, in whole or in part, 

the findings or recommendations made by the magistrate judge.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). 

This section does not require some lesser review by the district court when no objections 

are filed. Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 149–50 (1985). The “statute makes it clear that

the district judge must review the magistrate judge's findings and recommendations de 

novo if objection is made, but not otherwise.” United States v. Reyna-Tapia, 328 F.3d 

1114, 1121 (9th Cir. 2003) (en banc) (emphasis in original). 

 The Court has reviewed the R&R and Supplemental R&R, finds them to be 

correct, and ADOPTS them. The motion for default judgment against Duke Minh Le 

and Dearborn International, LLC is GRANTED. An order granting the requested relief 

will follow. 

 Plaintiff shall submit via email a proposed order in editable electronic format 

granting the relief recommended by the R&R. It should include the attorney’s fees award 

mentioned in Judge Stormes’ supplemental report and recommendation. It should also 

track the R&R’s language as closely as possible. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: June 19, 2018 

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