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Nature of Suit Code: 310
Nature of Suit: Airplane Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1330 Breach of Contract

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

AFFORDABLE BUILDERS OF 

AMERICA, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

PAUL THOMAS, et al.,

Defendants.

No. 2:22-cv-1381 KJM DB

ORDER

On February 1, 2023, defendant Paul Thomas filed a renewed motion for default judgment 

and noticed the matter for hearing before the undersigned on March 10, 2023, pursuant to Local 

Rule 302(c)(19). (ECF No. 30.) On February 15, 2023, plaintiff filed a motion to set aside the 

Clerk’s entry of default and also noticed the motion for hearing before the undersigned on March 

10, 2023. (ECF No. 77.)

On March 1, 2023, defendant filed an opposition to plaintiff’s motion to set aside. (ECF 

No. 79.) Therein, defendant argued that plaintiff noticed the motion for hearing on less than 35 

days’ notice in violation of Local Rule 230 and that the Local Rules do not refer motions to set 

aside to the assigned Magistrate Judge. (ECF No. 79 at 2.) However, on March 8, 2023, the 

assigned District Judge issued an order referring plaintiff’s motion to set aside to the undersigned.

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 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. The March 10, 2023 hearing of defendant’s renewed motion for default judgment (ECF 

No. 69) and plaintiff’s motion to set aside entry of default (ECF No. 77) is continued to Friday, 

April 7, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., at the United States District Court, 501 I Street, Sacramento, 

California, in Courtroom No. 27, before the undersigned1; 

2. Within fourteen days of the date of this order the parties shall meet and confer as 

outlined in the assigned District Judge’s August 4, 2022 order (ECF No. 4-1 at 3); and

3. On or before March 31, 2023, the parties shall file a supplemental Joint Statement that 

does not exceed 30 pages in support of the parties’ arguments. 

Dated: March 8, 2023

DLB:6

DB\orders\orders.civil\aboa1381.mdj.cont.ord

1 Parties shall appear at the hearing either telephonically or over video conference through the 

Zoom application (which is free and must be downloaded to your computer or mobile device 

prior to the hearing). Parties proceeding in propria persona, on his or her own behalf, shall 

contact Shelly Her, the courtroom deputy of the undersigned magistrate judge at (916) 930-4128, 

no sooner than 4 days prior to the noticed or continued hearing date but no later than 48 hours 

prior to the hearing, to arrange their appearance either telephonically or over video conference. 

Counsel will receive an email containing the necessary appearance information and must notify 

the courtroom deputy no later than 48 hours prior to the hearing to elect to appear either 

telephonically or over video conference. The Zoom ID Number and password are confidential 

and are not to be given to anyone. Persons granted remote access to these proceedings, whether 

by Zoom or by telephone, are reminded of the general prohibition against photographing, 

recording, and rebroadcasting of court proceedings. Violation of these prohibitions may result in 

sanctions, restricted entry to future hearings, denial of entry to future hearings, or any other 

sanctions deemed necessary by the court.

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