Khokhar
Khokhar v. J C K American Transport, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SACHIN KHOKHAR, on behalf of Case No.: 23-CV-1211 JLS (DDL) himself and others similarly situated,
ORDER STRIKING PLAINTIFF’S
Plaintiff, MOTION FOR DEFAULT v. JUDGMENT
J C K AMERICAN TRANSPORT, INC.,
(ECF No. 10) and AZAD PAWAR,
16 Defendants.
Presently before the Court is Plaintiff Sachin Khokhar’s Motion for Default Judgment (“Mot.,” ECF No. 10), filed as to Defendants JCK American Transport, Inc., and Azad Pawar (collectively, “Defendants”). In violation of Civil Local Rules 7.1(b) and 7.1(f)(1), Plaintiff filed the Motion without first obtaining a hearing date from chambers. “The requirement that a party obtain a hearing date from the judge’s clerk is no empty formality; it is a rule of substantial importance. . . . [T]he hearing date sets in motion a calendar for the filing of opposition and reply briefs.” Kashin v. Kent, No. 02-CV-2495- LAB (WMC), 2007 WL 1975435, at…