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Parties Involved:
Richard Long
Defendant
Volvo Financial Services
Plaintiff

Document Text:

THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS

CENTRAL DIVISION

VOLVO FINANCIAL SERVICES,

a division of VFS US, LLC PLAINTIFF

v. Case No. 4:18-cv-00280-KGB

RICHARD LONG DEFENDANT

ORDER

This is a breach-of-contract action. Presently before the Court is the supplemental motion 

for entry of default judgment filed by plaintiff Volvo Financial Services, a division of VFS US, 

LLC (“Volvo”) (Dkt. No. 18). The relevant procedural history is as follows. On April 27, 2018, 

Volvo filed a complaint against defendant Richard Long, asserting a single claim for breach of 

contract (Dkt. No. 1). On December 19, 2018, Volvo filed a motion for default judgment, which 

the Court construed as a motion for entry of default and referred to the Clerk of Court for 

consideration (Dkt. Nos. 8, 11). On September 17, 2019, Volvo filed a supplement to its motion 

for entry of default, which the Court referred to the Clerk to determine if entry of default was 

appropriate (Dkt. Nos. 12, 13). A Clerk’s default was entered on September 30, 2019 (Dkt. No. 

14).

On September 30, 2019, Volvo filed a motion for default judgment against Mr. Long,

which the Court granted on March 6, 2020 (Dkt. Nos. 15, 17). In its March 6, 2020, Order, the 

Court found that the allegations in the complaint and the exhibits attached thereto, together with 

the affidavit of Phil Bain, a senior recovery analyst for Volvo, establish that Mr. Long is indebted 

to Volvo in the principal amount of $245,753.98, plus accrued interest and reasonable attorneys’

fees and costs in connection with this action (Dkt. No. 17, at 4). The Court then stated that, when 

it enters default judgment in this case, it intends to award Volvo $245,753.98, plus pre-judgment 

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interest at the rate of 17% per annum and reasonable attorneys’ fees and costs, with the precise 

sums of pre-judgment interest, fees, and costs to be calculated at a later date (Id., at 7). The Court 

directed Volvo to file within 30 days a supplement to its motion for default judgment that supplies 

the Court with specific and detailed evidence from which it can calculate the amount of prejudgment interest and attorneys’ fees and costs owed to it (Id., at 6–7).

In the instant motion, Volvo states that it “does not wish to pursue pre-judgment interest 

or attorneys’ fees and costs.” (Dkt. No. 18, ¶ 4). Accordingly, the Court grants Volvo’s 

supplemental motion for entry of default judgment and will enter judgment in the amount of 

$245,753.98.

It is so ordered this 29th day of April, 2020.

_________________________________

Kristine G. Baker

United States District Judge

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