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explaining that " multitude of other courts have ... assessed damages based on a per-patron basis for the maximum the bar/restaurant allows," as licensing fee would have charged, with multiplier for enhanced damages
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Case No. 6:09-cv-467-Orl-18DAB.
October 27, 2009
ORDER
The case was referred to the United States Magistrate Judge for report and recommendation on Motion for Default Judgment Against Restaurante Y Taqueria Los Deleites, Inc. And Alex Arboleda (doc. no. 10). The Court having reviewed the report and recommendation of the magistrate judge, and there being no objections to the report filed, it is hereby
ORDERED that the report and recommendation of the magistrate judge is hereby APPROVED. Plaintiff's Motion for Default Judgment is GRANTED in part and statutory damages are awarded, the equivalent of the license fee for the maximum capacity (150) of the restaurant, or $2,600, plus enhanced damages of three times the per-maximum-patron amount, or $7,800, for a total damages award of $10,400. Plaintiff's request for attorney's fees in the amount of $505.25 and costs in the amount of $630.00 is GRANTED.
It is SO ORDERED in Orlando, Florida.