Joseph

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ALONZO JOSEPH, Case No. 21-cv-03120-JST

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING REQUEST FOR

v. DEFAULT JUDGMENT AS TO

DEFENDANT PAREDES

J. PAREDES, et al., Re: ECF No. 35 Defendants.

12 Plaintiff, an inmate at Salinas Valley State Prison (“SVSP”), has filed a pro se action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983, alleging that SVSP prison doctors Gamboa and Paredes were deliberately indifferent to Plaintiff’s serious medical needs, in violation of the Eighth Amendment. ECF Nos. 14, 15. Now pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s request that the Court enter default judgment against defendant Paredes for failing to timely respond to the summons and complaint. ECF No. 35. Plaintiff states that on April 25, 2022, he was informed by Defendants’ counsel that defendant Paredes had appeared in this action, and that defendant Paredes has failed to timely answer the complaint. ECF No. 35. Plaintiff’s request is DENIED. Defendant Paredes has answered the…