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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JAVIER OLIVER SANCHEZ, No. 2:23-cv-01192-DC-SCR 12 Plaintiff, 13 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS v. 14

SEBASTIAN GARCIA,

15 16 Defendants. 17 18 19 Plaintiff Javier Oliver Sanchez’s motion for a default judgment in the amount of 20 $72,144.72, plus $3,776 in attorney’s fees (ECF No. 14 at 4),1 is before the undersigned pursuant 21 to Local Rule 302(c)(19). Magistrate Judge Barnes heard and submitted the motion on April 11, 22 2024. ECF No. 21. Defendant Sebastian Garcia did not appear at that hearing. This matter was 23 reassigned to the undersigned on August 6, 2024 (ECF No. 22). For the reasons provided below, 24 the undersigned recommends that Plaintiff’s motion be granted, but that default judgement be 25 entered only as to a portion of the total damages that Plaintiff requests. 26 //// 27 1 Page number citations such as this are to the page number reflected on the court’s CM/ECF 28 system and not to the page numbers assigned by the parties. 1 …