Atwal

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 SCOTT JOHNSON, Plaintiff, No. 2:17-cv-1546 MCE DB v. AVTAR ATWAL, et al., FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS Defendants. 16 Pending before the court is plaintiff Scott Johnson’s motion for default judgement against defendants Avtar Atwal, Sukhwinder Kaur, Khader Habibeh, and Nancy Habibey. (ECF No. 18.) This motion came on for hearing before the undersigned on July 26, 2019. (ECF No. 20.) Attorney Bradley Smith appeared on behalf of plaintiff. No appearance was made by, or on behalf of a defendant. Having considered all written materials submitted with respect to the motion, and after hearing oral argument, the undersigned recommends that plaintiff’s motion be granted. BACKGROUND Plaintiff Scott Johnson initiated this action through counsel on July 26, 2017, by filing a complaint and paying the required filing fee. (ECF No. 1.) The complaint alleges that plaintiff is a “level C-5 quadriplegic” who…