Weiss

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 MAX L. WEISS, Case No.: 22-CV-1098 JLS (AHG)

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING REQUEST FOR

v. CLERK’S ENTRY OF DEFAULT

JUDGMENT

EQUIFAX INFORMATION SERVICES

LLC; and US DEPARTMENT OF (ECF No. 9)

EDUCATION,

16 Defendants. 17 18 19 Presently before the Court is Plaintiff Max L. Weiss’s Request for Clerk’s Entry of Default Judgment (“Req.,” ECF No. 9). For the following reasons, the Court DENIES WITHOUT PREJUDICE Plaintiff’s Request. Generally, a defendant must serve an answer to a plaintiff’s complaint “within 21 days after being served with the summons and complaint.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(a)(1)(A)(i). The time to file an answer is extended to “within 60 days after service,” however, when the United States, a United States agency, or United States officers or employees are named as defendants. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(a)(3). If a defendant fails to answer a plaintiff’s complaint within…