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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Petition for Removal

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ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR ENTRY OF JUDGMENT—No. C-01-20688 RMW

JAH

E-FILED on 11/9/05

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

FUJITSU COMPUTER PRODUCTS OF

AMERICA, INC., a Corporation,

Plaintiff,

v.

NIE INTERNATIONAL, INC., a Corporation;

RACER COMPUTER CORPORATION, a

Corporation; and DOES I THROUGH X AND

EACH OF THEM INCLUSIVE,

Defendants.

No. C-01-20688 RMW

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION

FOR ENTRY OF JUDGMENT

[Re Docket No. 70]

Plaintiff Fujitsu Computer Products of America, Inc., moves for entry of a default judgment against

defendants NIE International, Inc., and its subsidiary Racer Computer Corporation. For the reasons given

below, the court will grant the motion.

Fujitsu filed suit against NIE and Racer on June 19, 2001, in California superior court, and the

defendants removed the case here, to federal district court. About a year later, the defendants gave notice

that they would no longer defend in the action and would allow the entry of default against them by the clerk

of court. The court authorized the issuance of a writ of attachment against the property of NIE and Racer

in the amount of $395,342.04 in October 2002. After over two years of inactivity, the court, on its own

motion, ordered the case dismissed on September 30, 2005, but with the caveat that it could be reopened

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1 Fujitsu calculates this by assuming it is entitled to $107.40 in interest per day, then

multiplying by 1,623 days.

2 Plaintiff's complaint is incorporated into the defendants' notice of removal, the first docket

entry in this action. The page numbers referred to are those generated by the court's electronic filing

system. The notice of removal is 123 pages long.

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upon application by any party. Fujitsu applied to have the case reopened, and the court reopened the case

on October 31, 2005. 

Fujitsu now moves for the entry of a default judgment against NIE and Racer in the amount of

$566,994.24: a principal amount of $392,684.04 for computer hardware which Fujitsu shipped to the

defendants but for which they did not pay, and $174,310.20 in simple 10 percent annual interest accruing

since May 23, 2001.1 Fujitsu additionally seeks the recovery of costs under a not-yet-filed bill of costs. In

its complaint, Fujitsu requested damages of $392,684.04 and interest of "10% PER ANNUM," as well as

"a reasonable attorney's fee." Notice of Removal at 9, 11.2 

There appears to be a small typo in the principal amount Fujitsu requests. Supporting documents

attached to the complaint list the principal amount as $392,682.04 (a $2 difference from the amount Fujitsu

requests). See id. at 119, 122. Fujitsu otherwise has provided adequate evidence of the amount of the its

damages.

ORDER

For the foregoing reasons, the court grants Fujitsu a default judgment against NIE and Racer

pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 55(b)(2) and awards damages to Fujitsu as follows:

1. Unpaid amounts $392,682.04

2. Prejudgment interest at 10% per annum $174,310.20

TOTAL $566,992.24

Fujitsu may move separately for attorneys' fees.

DATED: 11/9/05 /s/ Ronald M. Whyte

RONALD M. WHYTE

United States District Judge

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ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR ENTRY OF JUDGMENT—No. C-01-20688 RMW

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Notice of this document has been electronically sent to:

Counsel for Plaintiff:

David J. Cook cookdavidj@aol.com 

Debra D. Lew 

Robert J. Perkiss cookdavidj@aol.com 

Counsel for Defendants:

Ron Kilgard

Jonah D. Mitchell jmitchell@chrm.com

Scott D. Baker sbaker@reedsmith.com 

Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this document to co-counsel that have not registered for

e-filing under the court's CM/ECF program.

Dated: 11/9/05 /s/ JH

Chambers of Judge Whyte

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