Escobedo
Escobedo v. Sonouvong
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
JOSE ESCOBEDO, Case No. 1:24-cv-00932-KES-SAB
Plaintiff, ORDER VACATING JANUARY 7, 2025
SCHEDULING CONFERENCE AND
v. REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO FILE A
MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT
DANNY SONOUVONG, et al.,
THIRTY-FIVE DAY DEADLINE
Defendants.
15 Plaintiff commenced this action on August 9, 2024. (ECF No. 1.) On October 10, 2024, the Clerk of the Court entered default against Defendants Danny Sonouvong and Sally V. Sonouvong. (ECF Nos. 8, 9.) The scheduling conference in this matter is currently set for January 7, 2025. (ECF No. 4.) Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 55, obtaining a default judgment is a two- step process. Yue v. Storage Technology Corp., No. 3:07-cv-05850, 2008 WL 361142, *2 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 11, 2008). Entry of default is appropriate as to any party against whom a judgment for affirmative relief is sought that has failed to plead or otherwise defend as provided by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and where that fact…