Traffic Tech, Inc. v. Velox Group, Inc.

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 11 TRAFFIC TECH, INC., Case No. 2:19-cv-01793-KJM-JDP 12 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS 13 THAT PLAINTIFF’S RENEWED MOTION v. FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT BE GRANTED 14

VELOX GROUP, INC., OBJECTIONS DUE WITHIN14DAYS

15 Defendant. ECF No. 15 16 17 18 19 Plaintiff Traffic Tech, Inc., proceeds in this action under the CarmackAmendment to the 20 Interstate Commerce Act,49U.S.C. § 14706, which governs the federal liability of freight 21 carriers. ECF No. 1. Plaintiff claims that defendant Velox Group, Inc. agreed to transport a 22 truckload of packaged frozen, diced red peppers by precooled, food-grade refrigerated truck. Id. 23 at 2. Defendant received the cargo on July 21, 2018, but the cargo was rejected at its destination 24 on account of temperature abuseon July 24, 2018. Id. Velox Grouphas not answered the 25 complaint or otherwise appeared. On September 11, 2020, plaintiff filed the instant renewed 26 motionfor default judgment in the amount of $36,706.85. SeeECF No. 15. The court…