United States v. Approximately $42,323.00 in U.S. Currency

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Case No. 1:24-cv-01410-EPG Plaintiff, v. ORDER SETTING DEADLINE RE:

DEFAULT JUDGMENT

APPROXIMATELY $42,323.00 IN U.S. CURRENCY, et al., 13 Defendants. (ECF Nos. 14, 15)

15 Plaintiff, the United States of America, filed this action on November 11, 2024, and has since sought and obtained a clerk’s entry of default under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 55(a) against Defendants Gregory Brightman and Raymond Fitzgerald Cash, Jr. (ECF Nos. 14, 15). Given the Clerk’s entry of default, the Court will set a deadline for Plaintiff to move for default 19 judgment under Rule 55(b)(2). Additionally, the Court advises Plaintiff of the following basic 20 requirements for a motion for default judgment.2 21 The motion must establish proper service on Defendants and the Court’s jurisdiction. In 22 re Tuli, 172 F.3d 707, 712 (9th Cir. 1999) (“When entry of judgment is sought against a party 23 who has failed to plead or otherwise defend, a district court has…