United Van Lines, LLC v. Michael Jacobs

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44 55 66 77 United States District Court 88 Central District of California 99 1100 1111 UNITED VAN LINES, LLC, Case No. 2:20-CV-03741-ODW (PLAx)

1122 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING IN PART

DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO SET

1133 v. ASIDE ENTRY OF DEFAULT AND

DENYING DEFENDANT’S

1144 MICHAEL JACOBS, an individual; REQUEST TO DISMISS MISJOINED RUBY HANDLER JACOBS, an PARTY [23] 1155 individual,

1166 Defendants.

1177 1188 I. INTRODUCTION 1199 Pro se Defendant Michael Jacobs (“Michael”)1 moves to set aside entry of 2200 default and to dismiss a purportedly misjoined party. (Mot. to Set Aside Default 2211 (“Motion” or “Mot.”), ECF No. 23.) For the reasons that follow, the Court GRANTS 2222 IN PART Michael’s Motion.2 2233 II. BACKGROUND 2244 On April 23, 2020, Plaintiff United Van Lines, LLC (“United”) initiated this 2255 action against Michael and his wife, Ruby Handler Jacobs (collectively 2266 “Defendants”). (See Compl., ECF No. 1.) United filed this case because Defendants 2277 1 The Court respectfully refers to Defendants by their…