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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 AFFORDABLE BUILDERS OF No. 2:22-cv-1381 KJM DB

AMERICA, INC.,

12 Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS v. PAUL THOMAS, et al.,

Defendants. 17 Pending before the court are a motion for default judgment filed by defendant/counterclaimant Paul Thomas and a motion to set aside entry of default filed by plaintiff/counterdefendant Affordable Builders of America (“ABOA”). (ECF Nos. 69 & 77.) The parties’ motions were taken under submission on June 27, 2023. (ECF No. 111.) Having considered all written materials submitted with respect to the motions the undersigned recommends that plaintiff’s motion to set aside entry of default be denied and counterclaimant’s motion for default judgment be granted. BACKGROUND As previously explained by the assigned District Judge, counterclaimant Paul Thomas owns a 1977 Gates Lear Jet 24E (“Jet”). (ECF No. 61 at 2.) Thomas and counterdefendant Affordable Builders of…