Alvarez

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 A&C TRADE CONSULTANTS, INC., Case No. 18-cv-05356-MMC

Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND

v. DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S

AMENDED MOTION TO ENTER

JOEL E. ALVAREZ, et al., DEFAULT JUDGMENT Defendants. Re: Doc. No.

14 Before the Court is plaintiff A&C Trade Consultants, Inc.’s (“A&C”) Amended Motion to Enter Default Judgment, brought pursuant to Rule 55(b)(2) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, and filed April 28, 2021. Having read and considered the papers filed in support of the instant motion, the Court rules as follows.2 BACKGROUND3 A&C sells “high quality industrial washdown equipment.” (See Compl. ¶ 1.) In 1996, A&C hired defendant Joel E. Alvarez (“Alvarez”) and, “[i]n recent years,” he “was responsible for overseeing . . . the South American market.” (See id. ¶ 9.) In 2017, however, A&C “became aware” that its “monies . . . were being diverted…