ORDER

ROBERT J. JONKER, District Judge.

This case comes before the Court on Report and Recommendation from the Bankruptcy Court for the Western District of Michigan (docket # 1-1). Plaintiff, Marcia Meoli, the Chapter 7 Trustee in this matter, filed a complaint to recover a preferential transfer Debtor made to Defendant and seeking a money judgment in the amount of $14,573.40 plus costs of $293.00, for a total judgment of $14,866.40, together with interest at the federal statutory rate from the date of the Complaint until the judgment is paid in full. (docket # 1-1, at 2 (citing 11 U.S.C. §§ 547, 550.) Plaintiff also seeks to disallow any and all claims filed by Defendant under 11 U.S.C. § 502(d) until the judgment has been paid in full. (Id.) Defendant failed to answer the complaint, and Plaintiff subsequently filed a motion for entry of a default judgment against Defendant. (Id.) The Bankruptcy Court held a hearing on May 25, 2012, and again on June 21, 2012, to address Plaintiff's motion, but Defendant did not appear. (Id.) The Bankruptcy Court's Report and Recommendation followed. (Id.)

In its Report and Recommendation, the Bankruptcy Court concluded that default judgment against Defendant was appropriate. The Bankruptcy Court declined to enter final judgment in this matter, however, because it believed it did not have constitutional authority to enter a final judgment in this matter and therefore submitted its Report and Recommendation to this Court for the entry of judgment. Id. (citing Moyer v. Koloseik (In re Sutton), ___ B.R. ___, 2012 WL 1605591 (Bankr. W.D. Mich. 2012) and Meoli v. Huntington Nat'l Bank (In re Teleservices Group, Inc.), 456 B.R. 318 (Bankr. W.D. Mich. 2011).

After reviewing the Bankruptcy Court's Report and Recommendation and the record below, the Court grants Plaintiff's motion for default, adopts the Report and Recommendation, and enters a money judgment in favor of Plaintiff against Defendant in the amount of $14,866.40, together with interest at the federal statutory rate from the date of the Complaint until paid in full, as recommended by the Bankruptcy Court. While the Court acknowledges the uncertainty Stern v. Marshall, ___ U.S. ___, 131 S.Ct. 2594 (2011), created regarding the constitutional authority of bankruptcy courts to enter final judgment in certain proceedings, the Court does not believe Stern affects the Bankruptcy Court's authority to enter a default judgment in this action. However, it is undisputed the Court has jurisdiction to enter judgment in this matter, and the Bankruptcy Court's reference of the matter to the Court does not constitute reversible error. Cf. In re Burkman Supply, Inc., 217 B.R. 223, 223 (W.D. Mich. 1998) ("[T]he fact that the bankruptcy judge in this matter took the additional step and submitted this matter to the Court by way of a report and recommendation does not constitute reversible error."). Therefore, in order to resolve this matter in an expeditious, efficient, and cost-effective manner, the Court adopts the Bankruptcy Court's recommendation to enter judgment in favor of Plaintiff.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

The Clerk of Court shall enter Judgment.