Saavedra

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MARY JO SAAVEDRA, Case No. 2:21-cv-01587-KJM-JDP (PS) Plaintiff, FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS v. THAT PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR

DEFAULT JUDGMENT BE DENIED

RIDDELL MACKEY, et al., WITHOUT PREJUDICE Defendants. ECF No. 46 OBJECTIONS DUE WITHIN FOURTEEN

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17 Plaintiff Mary Jo Saavedra brings this negligence action against defendants Riddell Mackey and Jeffrey DeGroot. ECF No. 1. Plaintiff alleges that DeGroot and Mackey’s vehicle collided with her vehicle, causing her injury. DeGroot has appeared, but Mackey has not.2 Plaintiff now moves for default judgment against Mackey. ECF No. 46. Because a non- defaulting defendant remains, I will recommend that plaintiff’s motion be denied as premature. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 54 provides, “when multiple parties are involved, the court may direct entry of a final judgment as to one or more, but fewer than all,…