Gastelum

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

FERNANDO GASTELUM, Case No. 1:21-cv-01079-JLT-SAB

Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

RECOMMENDING DENYING

v. PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR DEFAULT

JUDGMENT

CENTRAL VALLEY HOSPITALITY LLC dba FAIRFIELD INN & SUITES BY (ECF Nos. 20, 22) MARRIOTT BAKERSFIELD CENTRAL,

FOURTEEN DAY DEADLINE

Defendant.

18 Currently before the Court is Plaintiff Fernando Gastelum’s motion for default judgment, filed on March 21, 2022. (ECF No. 20.) No oppositions were filed and the deadline to do so has now expired. Having considered the moving papers, the declarations and exhibits attached thereto, supplemental briefing, as well as the Court’s file, the Court issues the following findings and recommendations recommending Plaintiff’s motion for default judgment be DENIED for inadequate service of the summons and complaint. I. BACKGROUND A. Procedural History Plaintiff, proceeding pro se, filed this…