BMO Bank N.A. v. H&R Transport

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 BMO BANK N.A., Case No. 1:24-cv-00710-KES-EPG Plaintiff, v. ORDER SETTING DEADLINE RE:

DEFAULT JUDGMENT

H&R TRANSPORT, et al.,

Defendants. (ECF Nos. 8, 9)

15 16 17 Plaintiff filed this action on June 18, 2024, and has since sought and obtained a clerk’s 18 entry of default under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 55(a) against Defendants H&R Transport and Harmandeep Singh Gill. (ECF Nos. 8, 9). Given the Clerk’s entry of default, the Court will set a deadline for Plaintiff to move for default judgment under Rule 55(b)(2).1 Additionally, the Court advises Plaintiff of the following basic requirements for a motion for default judgment.2 The motion must establish proper service on Defendants and the Court’s jurisdiction. In re Tuli, 172 F.3d 707, 712 (9th Cir. 1999) (“When entry of judgment is sought against a party who has failed to plead or otherwise defend, a district court has an affirmative duty to look into its jurisdiction over both…