Assure Global, LLC v. Anderson
- Lewis Liman
- 1:21-cv-05785
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Assure Global v. Anderson, Judge Cave ordered service and response deadlines for a damages submission after default, without deciding damages.
Assure Global, LLC d/b/a WeShield, Aaron Anderson, and Axxeum, LLC; the order sets service, response, and hearing deadlines in the damages process.
What happened
In Assure Global, LLC d/b/a WeShield v. Aaron Anderson and Axxeum, LLC, the court was handling damages after a default. Aaron Anderson did not appear at a conference, and the plaintiff filed proposed findings about damages, but the record did not clearly show that the defendants had received them.
The court ordered the plaintiff to serve the order and damages submission on the defendants by March 7, 2025, and file proof of service. The defendants may respond or request an in-court hearing by March 17, 2025. If they do neither, the court said it intends to recommend an amount based only on the plaintiff’s written submission, without a hearing.
Judge Sarah L. Cave issued this procedural order. It sets deadlines and explains the next step; it does not determine the amount of damages or issue the recommendation itself.
The detailed version
- Assure Global, LLC v. Anderson · No. 1:21-cv-05785
- Lewis Liman
- Mar. 4, 2025
Background
On January 16, 2025, District Judge Lewis J. Liman referred the matter to Magistrate Judge Sarah L. Cave for settlement and for an inquest concerning damages after default. At a January 31 conference, Defendant Aaron Anderson failed to appear. Judge Cave then ordered the plaintiff to submit proposed findings of fact and legal conclusions concerning damages and to serve them on the defendants.
The plaintiff filed its damages submission, but the record did not clearly establish that it had served the submission on the defendants.
Order
Judge Cave ordered the plaintiff to serve the order and the damages submission on the defendants by March 7, 2025, and to file proof of service on the docket. The defendants were given until March 17, 2025, to respond to the damages submission or contact the court’s chambers to request an in-court hearing.
Effect
The order states that if the defendants do not respond or request a hearing by the deadline, Judge Cave intends to issue a report and recommendation about damages based only on the plaintiff’s written submission, without an in-court hearing. The order does not itself decide the amount of damages or issue that report and recommendation.
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