Dumas

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT MIDDLE DISTRICT OF FLORIDA OCALA DIVISION

NOVELLE DUMAS; and HENRY DUMAS,

Petitioners,

v. Case No. 5:24-cv-649-RBD-PRL

UNKNOWN CLAIMANTS; and FARRELL ADKINS,

Respondents. ____________________________________

ORDER In this admiralty case for exoneration from or limitation of liability, the deadline for potential claimants to file a claim was February 26, 2025. (Doc. 11.) To date, Farrell Adkins is the only claimant to file a claim or answer. (See Docs. 17, 19, 24.) With the claim deadline passed, Clerk’s default was entered against all non- responding claimants (Doc. 30) and Petitioners now move for a default judgment (Doc. 44). On referral, U.S. Magistrate Judge Philip R. Lammens entered a Report and Recommendation (Doc. 49 (“R&R”)) submitting that the Court should grant the motion. The time has passed and there were no objections, so the Court examines the R&R for clear error only. See Macort v. Prem, Inc., 208 F. App’x 781, 784 (11th Cir. 2006). Finding none, it is due to be adopted in its entirety. Accordingly, it is ORDERED AND ADJUDGED: 1. The R&R (Doc. 49) is ADOPTED AND CONFIRMED and made a part of this Order in its entirety. 2. The Motion (Doc. 44) is GRANTED. 3. The Clerk is DIRECTED to enter a final default judgment in favor of Petitioners Novelle Dumas and Henry Dumas and against all persons and entities that did not file a claim in this action by the February 26, 2025 deadline. DONE AND ORDERED in Chambers in Orlando, Florida, on July 23, 2025.

a ROY B. DALTON, JR. United States District Judge