ORDER

CAROL MIRANDO, District Judge.

Before the Court is Plaintiff, Robert Tamburri's, Motion for Clerk's Entry of Default by Defendant, Everest Asset Management, LLC ("Motion") (Doc. 9), filed on November 10, 2014. Plaintiff moves, pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 55(a) and Middle District of Florida Local Rule 1.07(b), for entry of a Clerk's Default against Defendant Everest Asset Management, LLC for failure to respond to Plaintiff's Complaint. For the reasons that follow, the Motion is granted.

Rule 55(a), Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, states that "[w]hen a party against whom a judgment for affirmative relief is sought has failed to plead or otherwise defend, and that failure is shown by affidavit or otherwise, the clerk must enter the party's default." Similarly, Middle District of Florida Local Rule 1.07(b) provides:

M.D. Fla. R. 1.07(b). Prior to directing the Clerk to enter a default, the Court must first determine whether the Plaintiff properly effected service of process. Kelly v. Florida, 233 Fed. Appx. 883, 884-85 (11th Cir. 2007); United States v. Donald, No. 3:09-cv-147-J-32HTS, 2009 WL 1810357, *1 (M.D. Fla. June 24, 2009).

Service on a corporation can be made by any manner accepted in the state or "by delivering a copy of the summons and of the complaint to an officer, a managing or general agent, or any other agent authorized by appointment or by law to receive service of process[.]" Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(h)(1)(A), (e)(1). Section 48.081, Florida Statutes, provides a hierarchy for service of process upon a corporation. A private corporation may be served by serving process on the president, vice president or other head of the corporation and, in the absence of any such persons, on other corporate employees, including any officer or director. Fla. Stat. § 48.081(1)(a)-(d). As an alternative, process may be served on a registered agent of the corporation or an employee of the registered agent. Id. § 48.081(3)(a). Process against a limited liability company may be served upon, inter alia, the company's registered agent or an employee of the registered agent. Fla. Stat. § 48.062(1).

Here, the Return of Service (Doc. 8) states that on October 16, 2014, Plaintiff's process server delivered a true copy of the Summons, Complaint and Plaintiff's Notice for Preservation of Electronic Data upon Perlman, Yevoli & Albright, PL as registered agent for Everest Asset Management, LLC at 200 South Andrews Avenue, Suite 600, Ft. Lauderdale, FL 33301. Affidavits by process servers constitute a prima facie showing that defendants have been served. Udoinyion v. The Guardian Security, 440 Fed. Appx. 731, 735 (11th Cir. 2011) (unsworn and unsigned letters insufficient to call into question prima facie evidence of service consisting of process server's sworn return); Burger King Corp. v. Eupierre, Case No. 12-20197-CIV, 2012 WL 2192438, *2 (S.D. Fla. June 14, 2012). Service of process therefore was properly effected under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 4(h)(1)(A), (e)(1).

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(a)(1)(A), a defendant must serve an answer within 21 days after being served with the summons and complaint. Everest Asset Management, LLC has failed to do so within the time period; therefore, entry of Clerk's Default pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 55(a) and Middle District of Florida Local Rule 1.07(b) is appropriate.

ACCORDINGLY, it is hereby

ORDERED:

Plaintiff, Robert Tamburri's, Motion for Clerk's Entry of Default by Defendant, Everest Asset Management, LLC (Doc. 9) is GRANTED. The Clerk is directed to enter Clerk's Default against Defendant Everest Asset Management, LLC.

DONE and ORDERED.