Huaman
Innovative Sports Management, Inc. v. Huaman
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 INNOVATIVE SPORTS MANAGEMENT, Case No. 22-cv-05796-BLF
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8 Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION AS MODIFIED v. BY THE COURT 10 ZENON HUAMAN, [Re: ECF No. 28] 11 Defendant.
13 Plaintiff Innovative Sports Management, Inc., (“ISM”) filed this action against Defendant Zenon Huaman for the alleged unlawful interception and exhibition of a soccer match for which ISM owned exclusive television distribution rights. The case was originally assigned to a magistrate judge. After Huaman did not appear and timely respond to the complaint, the Clerk of the Court entered default against him. ISM subsequently filed an application for default judgment. Because not all parties had consented to magistrate judge jurisdiction, the magistrate judge ordered that the case be reassigned to a district judge and recommended that the newly assigned district judge grant the…