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Parties Involved:
Shante Jones
Plaintiff
Morgan Stone Associates
Defendant

Document Text:

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

SHANTE JONES,

Plaintiff,

 v.

MORGAN STONE ASSOCIATES,

Defendant. /

No. C 09-03172 JSW

ORDER ADOPTING IN PART

AND REJECTING IN PART

REPORT AND

RECOMMENDATION

This matter comes before the Court upon consideration of the Report and

Recommendation (the “Report”) issued by Magistrate Judge Larson, in which he recommends

that Plaintiff’s motion for default judgment be granted. Neither party has filed objections to the

Report, and the matter is ripe for consideration. For the reasons set forth herein, the Court

ADOPTS IN PART AND REJECTS IN PART the Report and GRANTS IN PART AND

DENIES WITHOUT PREJUDICE IN PART Plaintiff’s motion for default judgment.

Having considered the Report, the Court concludes that each of the Eitel factors weighs

in favor of granting, in part, Plaintiff’s motion for default judgment. Eitel v. McCool, 782 F.2d

1470, 1471-72 (9th Cir. 1986). The Court adopts the recommendation that Plaintiff be awarded

$2,000.00 in statutory damages ($1,000.00 per count). See 15 U.S.C. § 1692k(a)(2)(A); Cal.

Civ. Code § 1788.30(b). The Court also adopts the recommendation that Plaintiff be awarded

$2,312.40 in attorneys’ fees and $745.00 in costs. However, the Court finds that Plaintiff’s

request for anticipated for collection costs is unsupported. Accordingly, the Court rejects the

recommendation to award Plaintiff those costs and denies Plaintiff’s motion, in part, on that

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basis. This ruling is without prejudice to Plaintiff renewing her request for anticipated

collection costs, if it is properly supported.

Accordingly, the Court HEREBY ADOPTS IN PART AND REJECTS IN PART the

Report and Recommendation. Plaintiff’s motion is GRANTED IN PART AND DENIED

WITHOUT PREJUDICE IN PART. A separate judgment shall issue, and the Clerk is directed

to close the file.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 4, 2010 

JEFFREY S. WHITE

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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