Dawood

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MAHMOOD DAWOOD, individually and No. 2:22-cv-00896 DAD AC on behalf of all others similarly situated, 12 Plaintiff, 13 ORDER v. 14

SIKI EAGLE SARL,

15 Defendant. 16

17 18 Before the court is plaintiff’s second motion to permit limited third-party discovery. ECF 19 No. 15. Plaintiff filed this putative class action on May 25, 2022. ECF No. 1. Defendant is a 20 French corporation that produces air purifiers. Id. at 3. Defendant has not appeared in this case 21 and the Clerk of Court entered default against it on October 20, 2023. ECF No. 9. Now before 22 the court is plaintiff’s second motion to conduct limited third-party discovery in anticipation of 23 filing a motion for default judgment. ECF No. 15. Plaintiff’s initial motion (ECF No. 12) was 24 denied because plaintiff did not provide sufficient analysis. ECF No. 14. The second motion 25 cures the defects of the original motion. 26 Pursuant to Rule 26(d)(1) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, “[a] party may not seek 27 …