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Businessman, company seek court’s default judgment vs defendants in racketeering suit
Korean businessman Il Hwan Kim and his former company are requesting the federal court to issue a default judgment against three persons who are among those named in their racketeering lawsuit.
Kim and KSA Corp., through counsel Jennifer Dockter, stated that the U.S. District Court for the NMI’s clerk of the court entered last Nov. 23 a default judgment against Hun Jin An, Jeong Eun Tack, and Joann P. Hensley.
Dockter said An, Tack and Hensley continue to fail to file any answer or other responsive pleadings.
Dockter said the period in which An, Tack, and Hensley were to answer has expired.
In an order on Friday, U.S. District Court for the NMI magistrate judge Heather L. Kennedy set a case management conference for March 31 at 10:30am.
Kim and KSA allege in their lawsuit that the defendants conspired to steal millions of dollars from him for his hotel and casino project on Saipan.
Aside from the three defendants, Kim and KSA Corp. are suing former Department of Public Lands employee Ramon S. Salas and 10 unnamed co-defendants pursuant to Racketeer Influence and Corrupt Organizations Act and other causes of action.
The plaintiffs asked the court to hold the defendants liable to pay them damages, court costs, and attorney’s fees.
