M&T Capital and Leasing Corp. v. Northpoint Transportation Inc.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 M&T CAPITAL AND LEASING No. 2:23-cv-00656-JAM-CKD

CORPORATION,

12 FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Plaintiff, 13

14 v. 15 NORTHPOINT TRANSPORTATION

INC, ET AL.,

16 Defendant. 17

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19 Plaintiff filed this breach of contract action against defendants Northpoint Transportation, 20 Inc., (Northpoint) Jasvir Kaur, and Amandeep K. Dhami on April 7, 2023, and moved for default 21 judgment on September 13, 2023. (ECF Nos. 1, 10.) Plaintiff filed supplemental briefing and 22 evidence on March 21, 2024. (ECF Nos. 14, 15.) 23 For the reasons set forth below, the undersigned recommends that plaintiff’s motion for 24 default judgment be granted in part. 25 //// 26 //// 27 //// 28 1 I. Background 2 On or about February 8, 2022, plaintiff M&T Capital and Leasing Corporation made a 3 number of loans to defendant Northpoint to purchase transportation equipment.1 (Id. at ¶¶ 7–21.) 4 The loans were guaranteed by defendants Kaur and Dami.2 (Id. at ¶¶ 25, 26.) Defendants granted…