C.H. Belt and Associates, Inc. v. Passport Foods SVC, LLC etal

I. INTRODUCTION

18 Plaintiff C.H. Belt and Associates, Inc. (“C.H. Belt”) moves the Court to enter 19 default judgment against Defendants Passport Foods SVC, LLC (“Passport”), 20 Skyview Capital Group Management, LLC (“Skyview Capital”), and Alex Soltani. 21 (Mot. Default J. (“MDJ”), ECF No. 22.) Soltani concurrently moves the Court to set 22 aside the Clerk’s entry of default against him. (Mot. Set Aside Default (“MSAD”), 23 ECF No. 26.) For the reasons stated below, the Court GRANTS Soltani’s Motion to 24 Set Aside Default and GRANTS IN PART AND DENIES IN PART C.H. Belt’s 25 Motion for the Entry of Default Judgment.1 26 27

28 1 Having carefully considered the papers filed in connection with the Motion, the Court deemed the matter appropriate for decision without oral argument. Fed. R. Civ. P. 78; C.D. Cal. L.R. 7-15. 1 II. BACKGROUND 2 The following facts are taken from C.H. Belt’s Complaint.2 (Compl., ECF 3 No. 1.) Defendants were each engaged in the business of buying and selling 4 perishable agricultural commodities. (Id. ¶ 19.) Defendant Passport operated under a 5 Perishable Agricultural Commodities Act…