Block

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HENDRIK BLOCK, Case No. 1:22-cv-01317-SAB

Plaintiff, ORDER VACATING JANUARY 17, 2023

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE AND

v. REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO FILE A

MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT

JASKIRAT KAUR BRAR,

FORTY-FIVE-DAY DEADLINE

Defendant.

16 Hendrik Block (“Plaintiff”) filed this action on October 14, 2022, against Jaskirat Kaur Brar (“Defendant”). On December 22, 2022, Plaintiff filed a request for entry of default; the Clerk of the Court entered default against Defendant the following day. (ECF Nos. 5, 6.) Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 55, obtaining a default judgment is a two- step process. Yue v. Storage Technology Corp., No. 3:07-cv-05850, 2008 WL 361142, *2 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 11, 2008). Entry of default is appropriate as to any party against whom a judgment for affirmative relief is sought that has failed to plead or otherwise defend as provided by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and where that fact is made to appear by affidavit or…