Villarreal

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 KAREEM J. HOWELL, Case No. 1:19-cv-01178-NONE-EPG (PC) 10 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT v. 12 (ECF No. 26) S. VILLARREAL, et al., Defendants. 15 Kareem J. Howell (“Plaintiff”) is a state prisoner proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis with this civil rights action filed pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. On August 21, 2020, Plaintiff filed a request for the Court Clerk to enter default judgment against Defendants. (ECF No. 26). Plaintiff correctly notes that Defendants had until August 11, 2020, to file their responsive pleading, that Defendants failed to meet this deadline, and that the Court then gave Defendants until August 17, 2020, to file their responsive pleading. However, Plaintiff is incorrect that Defendants failed to meet their August 17, 2020 deadline, and that Defendants’ default has been entered. While Plaintiff likely did not receive the answer on August 17, 2020, Defendants filed…