Shvartsman

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 VLAD MALENKO (USA) LLC, No. 2:24-cv-0121 DAD AC 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 14 DIANA SHVARTSMAN and MIRAGE FINE ART, a New Jersey Corporation., 15 Defendants. 16

17 18 This matter is before the court on a motion for default judgment. ECF No. 17. The 19 motion was referred to the undersigned pursuant to E.D. Cal. R. 302(c)(19). This motion was set 20 for hearing on the papers on October 30, 2024. ECF No. 18. Defendants have not appeared in 21 this case and have not opposed the motion. For the reasons set forth below, the undersigned 22 recommends plaintiff’s motion be GRANTED. 23 I. Relevant Background 24 Plaintiff is a California Company operating its principal place of business in the County of 25 Yuba, State of California. ECF No. 1 at 2. Defendant Mirage Fine Art (“MFA”) is a Corporation 26 operating under the laws of the State of New Jersey, with its principal place of business in 27 Denville, New Jersey. Id. …