Sandeep Roy Chauhan v. Google Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
SANDEEP ROY CHAUHAN, Case No. 21-cv-09201-VC
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
v. DEFAULT JUDGMENT
GOOGLE LLC, Re: Dkt. No. 28 Defendant.
On June 6, 2022, Sandeep Roy Chauhan requested an entry of default against defendant Google, LLC, and the Clerk entered default based on Google’s failure to respond to Chauhan’s complaint. Dkt. No. 23. On June 8, 2022, Chauhan filed his First Amended Complaint asserting new claims against Google. Dkt. No. 25. On June 14, 2022, Chauhan then asked the Court to enter a default judgment as to the claims in this amended complaint. Dkt. No. 28. Chauhan has subsequently filed additional exhibits to his First Amended Complaint. Dkt. Nos. 30, 32. “In exercising its discretion to enter default judgment, a court must first find that it has jurisdiction over the action and defendant, and that the party against whom default judgment is requested was adequately served.” uSens, Inc. v. Chongqing Junma New Energy Automobile Co., No. 19-CV-00315-BLF, 2022 WL 410938, at *1 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 10, 2022). The First Amended Complaint asserts…