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Parties Involved:
Mortgage Tree Funding, Inc.
Defendant
Mortgagetree Lending, Inc.
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MORTGAGETREE LENDING, INC., )

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Plaintiff, )

v. )

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MORTGAGE TREE FUNDING, INC., )

et al., )

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Defendants. )

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1: 05-CV-00278-OWW-SMS

ORDER RE: FINDINGS AND

RECOMMENDATION REGARDING

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR DEFAULT

JUDGMENT AND PLAINTIFF’S MOTION

FOR COSTS AND ATTORNEY’S FEES

(DOCS. 6-9)

ORDER DIRECTING THE CLERK TO

ENTER JUDGMENT 

Plaintiff is proceeding with a civil action. The matter has

been referred to the Magistrate Judge pursuant to 28 U.S.C. §

636(b) and Local Rule 72-302(c)(19). Pending before the Court is

Plaintiff’s motion for default judgment in which Plaintiff seeks

damages, injunctive relief, costs, and attorney’s fees.

On November 21, 2005, the Magistrate Judge filed findings

and a recommendation that the District Judge grant in part and

deny in part Plaintiff’s application for default judgment against

Defendant Mortgage Tree Funding, Inc. The findings and

recommendation were served on all parties on November 21, 2005,

and contained notice that any objections to the findings and

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recommendations were to be filed within thirty (30) days of the

date of service of the order. No party has filed any objections.

In accordance with the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636

(b)(1)(C) and Britt v. Simi Valley United School Dist., 708 F.2d

452, 454 (9th Cir. 1983), this Court has conducted a de novo

review of the case. Having carefully reviewed the entire file,

the Court finds that the report and recommendation are supported

by the record and proper analysis.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The findings and recommendation filed November 21, 2005,

are ADOPTED IN FULL; and

2. Plaintiff’s motion for default judgment IS GRANTED with

respect to Plaintiff’s first, second, and fourth causes of

action; and

3. The Clerk IS DIRECTED TO ENTER DEFAULT JUDGMENT for

Plaintiff MortgageTree Lending, Inc., and against Defendant

Mortgage Tree Funding, Inc., as follows:

a) Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1117(c)(1), statutory

damages in the amount of $50,000.00; and

b) Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1117(a), attorney’s fees in

the amount of $12,240.00; and

c) Pursuant to 15 U.S.C. § 1117(a), $1,063.52 in costs

and expenses.IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 26, 2006 /s/ Oliver W. Wanger 

emm0d6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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