Sea Hope Navigation Inc. v. Novel Commodities SA

*335 OPINION & ORDER

GABRIEL W. GORENSTEIN, United States Magistrate Judge.

Petitioner Sea Hope Navigation Inc. (“Sea Hope”) filed the instant petition to enforce a foreign arbitral award against respondent Novel Commodities SA (“Novel” or “Novel Commodities”). The Clerk entered Novel’s default and Sea Hope moved for a default judgment. Novel’s opposition to Sea Hope’s motion asserted that it had never received notice of either the arbitration that resulted in the arbitral award or of the instant action. As explained below, this Court construes Novel’s opposition to the motion for a default…