Mobilization Funding, LLC v. Halvorson Construction Group, LLC ( 2021 )

1 HONORABLE RICHARD A. JONES 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 9 AT SEATTLE 10 MOBILIZATION FUNDING, LLC, a South NO. 2:18-CV-01412-RAJ Carolina limited liability company, 11 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. 14 HALVORSON CONSTRUCTION GROUP, 15 LLC, a Washington limited liability company; 16 and CEC ELECTRICAL CONTRACTING, ORDER GRANTING DEFAULT LLC, a Washington limited liability company, JUDGMENT AGAINST 17 DEFENDANT HALVORSON CONSTRUCTION GROUP, LLC 18 Defendants. HALVORSON CONSTRUCTION GROUP, 19 LLC, a Washington limited liability company, 20 Third Party Plaintiff, 21 v. 22 23 JOHN and JANE DOE CHASE, individually and the marital community comprised thereof, 24 25 Third Party Defendants. 26 This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiff’s Amended Motion for Default 27 1 Judgment. Dkt. # 42. On September 14, 2021, the Court denied Plaintiff’s motion for 2 default judgment without prejudice for refiling within 30 days. Dkt. # 41. Although the 3 Court found good cause to grant Plaintiff’s motion, Plaintiff failed to provide sufficient 4 evidence to support its calculation of $911,348.36 in requested damages. Dkt. # 41 at 6- 5 9. Pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a plaintiff seeking default judgment 6 must submit evidence supporting the claims for a particular sum of damages. See Fed. R. 7 Civ. P. 55(b)(2)(B); Dr. JKL Ltd. v. HPC IT Educ. Ctr., 749 F. Supp. 2d 1038, 1046 8 (N.D. Cal. 2010) (holding that “[a] plaintiff must . . . prove all damages sought in the 9 complaint”). 10 Plaintiff has timely refiled its motion with a supplemental declaration providing 11 evidence supporting the calculation of damages. Dkt. ## 42-43. The Court 12 reincorporates its analysis and findings from its prior order, Dkt. # 41, here. Having 13 reviewed the supplemental declaration and finding sufficient evidence supporting the sum 14 of damages requested, the Court GRANTS Plaintiff’s amended motion for default 15 judgment, Dkt. # 42, and ORDERS that judgment is entered against Defendant 16 Halvorson Construction Group, LLC for damages in the amount of $911,348.36. 17 Plaintiff is entitled to prejudgment interest calculated from July 3, 2018 to the date of 18 entry of judgment at the appropriate statutory rate. The Court directs Plaintiff to submit 19 its calculation of the prejudgment interest within seven (7) days of the date of this Order. 20 21 Dated this 28th day of September, 2021. A 22 23 The Honorable Richard A. Jones 24 United States District Judge 25 26 27