Bhatia
Bhatia v. United States
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 GAGAN BHATIA, No. 2:19-cv-02313-DAD-SCR 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER ADOPTING FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATIONS AND GRANTING
14 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, DEFENDANT’S MOTION FOR DEFAULT
JUDGMENT
15 Defendant. (Doc. Nos. 43, 52) 16
17 18 On November 15, 2019, plaintiff Gagan Bhatia filed this civil action against defendant 19 United States of America. (Doc. No. 1.) On May 7, 2021, defendant filed its counterclaim and 20 third-party complaint against third-party defendants Harinder Bhatia and Harleen Bhatia 21 (collectively, “the Bhatias”).1 (Doc. No. 11.) The Clerk of the Court entered default as to the 22 Bhatias because they were served with process and did not file a timely answer, responsive 23 pleading, or otherwise appear in this action. (See Doc. Nos. 26, 27, 30, 32.) On August 28, 2024, 24 defendant filed the pending motion for default judgment as to the Bhatias. (Doc. No. 43.) The 25 matter was referred to a United States Magistrate Judge…