Begashaw

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE Case No. 2:22-cv-02081-KJM-JDP

COMPANY,

FINDINGS AND Plaintiff, RECOMMENDATIONS 13 v. THAT PLAINTIFF'S MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT

MICHAEL BEGASHAW; ENDALE AGAINST DEFENDANT MICHAEL

TESSEMA, BEGASHAW BE GRANTED Defendants. ECF No. 24 17 Plaintiff New York Life Insurance Company brought this interpleader action pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1335 to determine the proper recipient of a death benefit that is due and payable under a life insurance policy that plaintiff issued to the insured, Mariamawit Tessema, before her death in 2021. ECF No. 1. The complaint names two of Tessema’s family members as defendants: her son, Michael Begashaw, and her father, Endale Tessema (“Endale”). At issue is plaintiff’s motion for default judgment against defendant Begashaw, who failed to file a response after service of the…