Kelsey

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SCOTT JOHNSON, Case No. 18-cv-04330-HSG

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR

ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER

v. STRIKING DEFENDANTS’ ANSWER

FRANCES I. KELSEY, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 61 Defendants.

12 Plaintiff asked the Clerk of Court to enter default against Defendant Go To Auto Care Inc. on the ground that Defendant has not appeared at various hearings and has therefore abandoned this lawsuit. Dkt. No. 58. The Clerk declined to enter default because even though Defendant has not entered an appearance in almost two years, it filed an Answer in August 2018. Dkt. No. 59; see also Dkt. No. 7 (Answer). Before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion to strike the Answer on the ground that Defendants have abandoned the case. Dkt. No. 61 (or the “Motion”). Defendants failed to file an opposition to the Motion by the deadline under the Local Rules, so the Court directed Defendants to file any opposition to the Motion by…