Brooke

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