NOT FOR PUBLICATION CLOSED

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY

HICA EDUCATION LOAN

CORPORATION,

 Plaintiff,

v.

EDWIN R. ROMAN,

 Defendant.

Civil Action No.: 11-688 (JLL)

ORDER

This matter having come before the Court by way of Plaintiff HICA Education Loan

Corporation (“HICA” or “Plaintiff”)’s Motion for Default Judgment pursuant to Federal Rule of

Civil Procedure 55(b)(2) as to Defendant Edwin R. Roman (“Defendant” or “Roman”) [Docket

Entry No. 11]. This motion is unopposed. The Court has considered Plaintiff’s submissions and

it appearing that:

1. Plaintiff filed its Complaint with this Court on February 7, 2011 requesting

judgment and damages against Defendant Roman for defaults on four (4)

promissory notes of which Plaintiff is the owner and/or holder.

2. Defendant Roman is an individual who is a resident of New Jersey who signed

two promissory notes payable to NIS Heal Program in the original principal

amounts of $10,000 (signed on October 28, 1992) and $9,496 (signed on June 10,

1993). Defendant also signed one promissory note payable to Pennsylvania

Higher Education Assistance Agency in the original principal amount of $10,000

(signed on May 18, 1992). Finally, Defendant signed one promissory note

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payable to Ohio College of Podiatric Medicine in the original principal amount of

$20,000 (signed on October 11, 1994).

3. Defendant Roman was properly and duly served with a Summons and Complaint

on April 11, 2011 [Docket Entry No. 4].

4. Defendant Roman has failed to answer or otherwise appear in this action.

5. Plaintiff requested that the Clerk of the Court enter default against Defendant

Roman, and the Clerk of the Court accordingly entered default against Defendant

on May 9, 2011 [Docket Entry No. 7].

6. Plaintiff then filed a Motion for Default Judgment with this Court on May 13,

2011 [Docket Entry No. 8]. This Court denied that motion without prejudice,

requesting Plaintiff to provide specific figures as to the amount of pre- and postjudgment interest as well as documentation in support of such amount [Docket

Entry No. 9].

7. Plaintiff accordingly filed a Renewed Motion for Default Judgment [Docket Entry

No. 11], specifying its requested judgment in the amount of $124,539.51,

including principal, prejudgment interest and late fees as of September 6, 2011. 

In addition, Plaintiff requested that the Court order post-judgment interest at the

lowest contractual yearly rate agreed upon by the parties, namely that interest rate

equal to a variable rate calculated by te Secretary of the Department of Health and

Human Services for each calendar quarter, and computed by determining the

average of the bond equivalent rates for the ninety-one day U.S. Treasury Bills

auctioned during the preceding quarter, plus 2.2% percent, rounding this figure up

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to the nearest one-eight percent.

Accordingly, IT IS on this 6th day of September, 2011,

ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Renewed Motion for Default Judgment [Docket Entry No.

11] is GRANTED, and Plaintiff is awarded judgment against Defendant for the sum of

$124,539.51, comprised of the following amounts:

(a) $ 97,018.18 in principal amount;

(b) $ 27,380.35 in prejudgment interest;

(c) $ 140.98 in fees; and it is further

ORDERED that this judgment shall bear interest from the date of this judgment until it is

paid at a yearly rate of interest which is equal to a variable rate calculated by the Secretary of the

Department of Health and Human Services for each calendar quarter, and computed by

determining the average of the bond equivalent rates for the ninety-one day U.S. Treasury Bills

auctioned during the preceding quarter, plus 2.2% percent, rounding this figure up to the nearest

one-eighth of one percent; and it is further

ORDERED that the Clerk shall close its file in this matter.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

/s/ Jose L. Linares 

United States District Judge

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