Daniels

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A., Case No. 1:21-cv-00643-JLT-BAK Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF LEAVE TO

FILE SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING IN

v. SUPPORT OF MOTION FOR DEFAULT

JUDGMENT

RAYMOND DANIELS, (ECF No. 25) Defendant. 16 Currently before the Court is Plaintiff Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.’s (“Plaintiff”) motion for default judgment against Defendant Raymond Daniels (“Defendant”). Before awarding a default judgment against a defendant, the Court must determine the adequacy of service of process, as well as the Court’s jurisdiction over the subject matter and the parties. In re Tuli, 172 F.3d 707, 712 (9th Cir. 1999) (“When entry of judgment is sought against a party who has failed to plead or otherwise defend, a district court has an affirmative duty to look into its jurisdiction over both the subject matter and the parties.”); cf. S.E.C. v. Internet Sols. for Bus. Inc., 509 F.3d 1161, 1165 (9th Cir. 2007) (“We review de novo…