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Nature of Suit Code: 470
Nature of Suit: Civil (Rico)
Cause of Action: 18:1961 Racketeering (RICO) Act

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MEI-FANG LISA ZHANG, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

WEI-MAN RAYMOND TSE, et al.,

Defendants. /

No. C 07-04946 JSW

AMENDED ORDER ADOPTING

IN PART REPORT AND

RECOMMENDATION RE:

PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR

DEFAULT JUDGMENT

On February 3, 2009, the Court issued an Order Adopting in Part Report and

Recommendation Re: Plaintiffs’ Motion for Default Judgment. It has come to this Court’s

attention that the Order and the Judgment issued that date contained a typographical error in the

amount of costs to be awarded to the Plaintiffs. This Order is issued solely to amend that error

and shall apply nunc pro tunc to February 3, 2009. The Court also shall issue an amended

judgment nunc pro tunc to February 3, 2009.

INTRODUCTION

Now before the Court for consideration is the Report and Recommendation (the

“Report”) regarding Plaintiffs’ motion for default judgment. The time for filing objections has

passed, and Defendants have neither appeared nor filed objections. Having considered the

Report, the Plaintiffs’ papers, relevant legal authority, and the record in this case, the Court

HEREBY ADOPTS, IN PART, the Report.

In her Report and Recommendation, Magistrate Judge Laporte determined that Plaintiffs

had stated valid claims on each of the claims for relief asserted in the Complaint. The Court

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finds Magistrate Judge Laporte’s decision well-reasoned and thorough with respect to the RICO

claim, the RICO conspiracy claim, and the common law conversion claim and adopts it in full

as to those claims for relief. Because those claims support the damages, fees and costs

requested by Plaintiffs, the Court expresses no opinion on the remainder of Judge Laporte’s

findings on the substantive merit of Plaintiffs’ claims.

The Court finds the remainder of the Report, including Judge Laporte’s findings on the

Eitel factors and her recommendations with respect to damages, fees and costs, to be wellreasoned and through and adopts those portions of the report in full.

Accordingly, Plaintiffs’ motion for default judgment is granted, and Plaintiffs shall be

awarded judgment in the amount of $992,547 in compensatory damages, prejudgment interest

in the amount of $40,958.21, attorneys fees in the amount of $39,552.50, and costs in the

amount of $7,875.84. A separate Judgement shall issue, and the Clerk is directed to close the

file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: March 16, 2009 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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