Ewing

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 3 Anton EWING, Case No.: 24-cv-1213-AGS-DDL

4 Plaintiff,

ORDER EXTENDING SHOW-CAUSE

5 v. DEADLINE AND DENYING

PENDING MOTIONS WITHOUT

6 Christopher GITRE, et al.,

PREJUDICE (ECF 11, 17, 40, 41)

7 Defendants. 8 9 Plaintiff Anton Ewing, proceeding without an attorney, sued defendants Christopher 10 Gitre and Relief Consultants, LLC, for violating the Telephone Consumer Protection Act 11 and other statutes, alleging that they repeatedly contacted Ewing without permission. (See 12 generally ECF 1.) A procedural kerfuffle ensued. 13 Defendants initially failed to respond, so the Clerk of Court entered default against 14 them. (ECF 9; ECF 10.) But when Ewing filed his default-judgment motion, then- 15 unrepresented Gitre appeared for the first time and opposed it. (ECF 12.) Thereafter, 16 defendants ostensibly retained counsel, but that attorney filed a defective answer, and the 17 Clerk of Court “instructed” defendants “to withdraw[]…