Brooke

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 UNITED STATES, No. 2:22–cv–960–KJM–CSK Plaintiff, ORDER FOR PLAINTIFF’S REPLY BRIEF v. BILL H. BROOKE, et al., Defendants. 16 In this action, Plaintiff United States filed a Complaint to reduce federal tax assessments to judgment and foreclose federal tax liens on real property against Bill H. Brooke, the Estate of Shirley J. Brooke, and the Shasta County Treasurer-Tax Collector. (ECF No. 1.) Presently pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for default judgment against Defendant Bill H. Brooke, which was filed on December 19, 2023. (ECF No. 36.) Defendant Brooke failed to file an opposition, and so the Court vacated the hearing and provided him with an opportunity to file a written response. (ECF No. 37.) Defendant Brooke did not file a written response, but the Court subsequently learned that Defendant Brooke appeared at the Sacramento federal courthouse on the date of the vacated hearing. Given this, and out of an abundance…