(PC) Cuellar v. Fresno County Sheriff

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TRAVIS JUSTIN CUELLAR, ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-00707-SAB (PC) ) Plaintiff, ) ) ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF COURT TO v. ) RANDOMLY ASSIGN A DISTRICT JUDGE TO

THIS ACTION

FRESNO COUNTY SHERIFF, et al., ) ) FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATION Defendants. ) RECOMMENDING PLAINTIFF’S REQUEST ) FOR ENTRY OF DEFAULT BE GRANTED ) ) (ECF No. 14) )

Plaintiff Travis Justin Cuellar is proceeding pro se and in forma pauperis in this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. Currently before the Court is Plaintiff’s request for entry of default, filed December 10, 2020. I. DISCUSSION Rule 55(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires that the Clerk of the Court enter default “[w]hen a party against whom a judgment for affirmative relief is sought has failed to plead or otherwise defend, and that…