Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Inc v. Critical LLC et al

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
BEAUMONT DIVISION
PRIME PROPERTY & CASUALTY
INSURANCE INC,
Plaintiff,
v.
CRITICAL LLC, TAVION LADONTE
MENARD, ERIC LLOYD HENDERSON,
MARK IDROGO, JR., BRANDON SCOTT
GREENE, RICHARD ALLEN WINGARD,
RUTH BAKER,
Defendants.
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NO. 1:23-CV-00219-MJT
JUDGE MICHAEL TRUNCALE
ORDER ADOPTING MAGISTRATE JUDGE’S REPORT AND RECOMMENDATION
On October 16, 2025, the Court referred Prime Property & Casualty Insurance Inc.’s
(“Prime”) Motion for Default Judgment [Dkt. 58] to the Honorable Zack Hawthorn, United
States Magistrate Judge. [Dkt. 59]. On December 9, 2025, Judge Hawthorn issued a Report
and Recommendation [Dkt. 60], which recommended denying Prime’s Motion for Default
Judgment [Dkt. 58] for failure to sufficiently serve process.
A party who files timely written objections to a magistrate judge’s report and
recommendation is entitled to a de novo determination of those findings or recommendations to
which the party specifically objects. 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(l)(c); FED. R. CIV. P. 72(b)(2)–(3). Prime
did not file any objections to Judge Hawthorn’s report. Nonetheless, the Court has reviewed Judge
Hawthorn’s Report and Recommendation [Dkt. 60], and it holds that Judge Hawthorn’s findings
and conclusions of law are correct.
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It is, therefore, ORDERED that Judge Hawthorn’s Report and Recommendation [Dkt. 60]
is ADOPTED. Accordingly, Prime’s Motion for Default Judgment [Dkt. 58] is DENIED.
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Michael J. Truncale
United States District Judge
SIGNED this 2nd day of January, 2026.
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