Brooke

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 UNITED STATES, No. 2:22–cv–960–KJM–KJN 12 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING EXTENSION OF TIME 13 v. (ECF No. 40.) 14 BILL H. BROOKE, et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 Presently pending before the court is plaintiff’s motion for default judgment against 18 defendant Bill H. Brooke, which was filed on December 19, 2023 and which was set for hearing 19 on January 23, 2024. (ECF No. 36.) Defendant was to file an opposition by January 2, 2024, but 20 this deadline passed without any filing. Accordingly, the court vacated the hearing and provided 21 defendant until January 30, 2024 to file a written response. (ECF No. 37.) This last order was 22 served on defendant by mail. (ECF No. 38.) Despite this, no written response was filed. 23 However, the court became aware that Mr. Brooke appeared at the Sacramento courthouse 24 on January 23rd and, finding no hearing, inquired with a court employee about the status of the 25 case. Given this, and out of an…