Diaz

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EMPOWER RETIREMENT, LLC, No. 2:22-cv-0489-KJM-CKD Plaintiff, ORDER VACATING HEARING;

ORDER TO RESPOND; AND ORDER TO

v. SEAL JOSEPH R. DIAZ, (ECF Nos. 13, 14) Defendant. 16 Presently pending before the court are plaintiff’s motion for default judgment, which is currently set for hearing on September 7, 2022 (ECF No. 13) and plaintiff’s accompanying notice of request to file under seal (ECF No. 14) one of the supporting exhibits which was filed on the docket in redacted form. Pursuant to Local Rule 230(c), defendant was required to file an opposition or statement of non-opposition to the motion for default judgment no later than fourteen (14) days after the motion’s filing, i.e., by August 15, 2022. Although that deadline has passed, no opposition or statement of non-opposition was filed. Out of an abundance of caution, and in light of the court’s desire to resolve the action on the merits if…