BMO Bank N.A. v. SBFS Trucking, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

BMO BANK N.A., Case No. 1:24-cv-01260-SAB

Plaintiff, ORDER VACATING APRIL 24, 2025

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE AND

v. REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO FILE A

MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT

SBFS TRUCKING INC., et al.,

THIRTY DAY DEADLINE

Defendants.

16 Plaintiff commenced this action on October 16, 2024. (ECF No. 1.) On April 11, 2025, the Clerk of the Court entered default against Defendants SBFS Trucking Inc. and Barinder Singh Gill. (ECF Nos. 17, 18.) The scheduling conference in this matter is currently set for April 24, 2025. (ECF No. 14.) 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…