Thomas

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DARREN GILBRT, No. 2:22-cv-01774 AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE CHACKO AREECHIRAYIL THOMAS, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 Plaintiff filed a complaint October 6, 2022 against two defendants: Chacko Areechirayil Thomas and T&T Investment Group, Inc. ECF No. 1. Neither defendant has appeared and upon plaintiff’s request (ECF No. 7), default was entered against each defendant on December 7, 2022. ECF Nos. 10, 11. Plaintiff has not taken any action in this case since entry of default. The court notes that the Clerk’s entry of default is not an entry of default judgment against the defendants but instead a prerequisite to filing a motion for default judgment. If the plaintiff is granted entry of default by the Clerk of the Court, plaintiff may apply to the court to obtain a default judgement. Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 55(b)(2). Plaintiff must file a motion for entry of default judgment and notice the motion for hearing before the…