(PS) Smith v. City of Sacramento

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 PATRICIA LYNN SMITH and RASHID No. 2:24-cv-02268-DC-SCR

DESHAWN DEARY-SMITH,

12 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS TO

DENY MOTION FOR DEFAULT

v. JUDGMENT CITY OF SACRAMENTO et al, 16 Defendant. 17

19 Plaintiffs’ motion for a default judgment against Defendants County of Sacramento, Noah 20 Louis Phillips, Kelly Michael Jobe, Nicholas Bo Johnson, Michael Allen Savage, Alicia Derrico, 21 Jesse R. Saucedo, District Attorney’s Office, and Sacramento County Sheriff Department (ECF 22 No. 31) is before the undersigned pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(19). 23 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 55 governs entry of default and applications for default 24 judgment. When a party against whom a plaintiff seeks affirmative relief has failed to plead or 25 otherwise defend against such action, and that this failure is shown by affidavit or otherwise, the 26 clerk must enter the party’s default. Fed. R. Civ. P. 55(a). Upon entry of default, the complaint’s 27 factual allegations regarding…