Ruiz

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 INNOVATIVE SPORTS MANAGEMENT, Case No. 24-cv-07241-PCP

INC.,

8 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR 9 DEFAULT JUDGMENT v. 10 Re: Dkt. No. 29

BENJAMIN JEAN RUIZ,

11 Defendant.

12 13 Plaintiff Innovative Sports Management, Inc. owns the domestic commercial exhibition 14 rights to broadcast certain soccer games nationwide. Innovative sued defendant Benjamin Jean 15 Ruiz for displaying one of these soccer matches inside his restaurant without a license. Ruiz has 16 failed to respond to any of Innovative’s allegations, and Innovative now moves for default 17 judgment. For the following reasons, the Court denies Innovative’s motion. 18 BACKGROUND 19 For the purposes of default judgment, the factual allegations in a complaint are accepted as 20 true except for those related to damages. See Fair Housing of Marin v. Combs, 285 F.3d 899, 906 21 (9th Cir. 2002). 22 Innovative purchased exclusive commercial exhibition rights…