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GARDEN CITY BOXING CLUB, INC., Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Victor ARANDA, Defendant-Appellant, and El Chamizal Restaurant, et al., Defendants.
    No. 09-16341.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted May 25, 2010.
    
    Filed June 21, 2010.
    Brandy Lynnell Brown, Esquire, Annie J. Kung, Kung & Associates, Las Vegas, NV, for Plaintiff-Appellee.
    Victor Aranda, Las Vegas, NV, pro se.
    Before: CANBY, THOMAS, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. 
        See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Victor Aranda appeals pro se from the district court’s order denying his motion to set aside a $35,000 default judgment for intercepting and broadcasting a boxing match at his Las Vegas restaurant in violation of applicable federal statutes. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for abuse of discretion, Am. Ass’n of Naturopathic Physicians v. Hayhurst, 227 F.3d 1104, 1109 (9th Cir.2000), and we affirm.

The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying the motion to set aside the default judgment because, contrary to Aranda’s contention, the court was not required to conduct an evidentiary hearing to ascertain damages. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 55(b)(2)(B) (the court “may” conduct hearings when, to enter or effectuate default judgment, it needs to determine the amount of damages). The record shows that no such hearing was necessary because plaintiff submitted lost profits and other evidence from the illegal broadcast to allow the district court to calculate damages within the applicable statutory limits. See 47 U.S.C. §§ 553(c)(3)(B), 605(e)(3)(c)(iii).

AFFIRMED. 
      
       This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.