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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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 Pursuant to FED.R.CIV.P. 73 and 28 U.S.C. § 636(c), both parties have consented

that all proceedings in this matter may be heard and finally adjudicated by the undersigned. 

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 It is not clear how plaintiff arrived at the March 12 deadline, since the return of

service indicates that service was executed on February 8 and 11. FED.R.CIV.P. 12(a).

* E-filed 5/6/08 *

NOT FOR CITATION

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

SUSAN SANDELMAN, 

AS TRUSTEE OF THE ESAN TRUST,

Plaintiff,

v.

B&B PROPERTY MANAGEMENT, LLC 

d/b/a BELLACH'S LEATHER FOR LIVING,

Defendant.

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Case No. CV 08-00681 HRL

ORDER RE ENTRY OF DEFAULT: 

(1) SETTING HEARING DATE FOR

PARTIES' PRESUMPTIVE MOTIONS

TO RESOLVE DEFAULT ENTRY AND

(2) TAKING MOTION TO STAY AND

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

OFF CALENDAR

Plaintiff's complaint alleges: that she is the owner of property where defendant was a

tenant; that in connection with its occupancy, defendant executed a promissory note with a third

party; that the third party assigned plaintiff the rights to that note; and, that defendant defaulted

on the note. The complaint was filed on January 29, 2008.

On April 4, 2008, plaintiff moved for entry of default under FED.R.CIV.P. 55(a).1

[Docket No. 5]. According to that request, defendant's time for filing a responsive pleading

expired on March 12, 2008.2 Later in the day on April 4, defendant moved to stay this action

pending arbitration. [Docket No. 6; re-noticed at Docket No. 10]. A few days later the clerk

entered default against defendant. [Docket No. 11]. 

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An entry of default should not be confused with a default judgment. Rather, entry of

default under FED.R.CIV.P. 55(a) is "an order precluding the defaulting party from making any

further defense in the case as far as his or her liability is concerned." 46 AM. JUR. 2d

JUDGMENTS § 233 (internal citations omitted). With the default entered against it, the court

cannot hear defendant's motion to stay. 

Therefore, the May 13 hearing on the motion to stay and the May 20 Case Management

Conference (CMC) are ordered off calendar. Once the default issue is resolved (and if it is

appropriate), the court will re-set the CMC and sign the stipulation and order selecting a form of

alternative dispute resolution (ADR).

Furthermore, the court presumes that plaintiff intends to file a motion for default

judgment under FED.R.CIV.P. 55(b) and that defendant intends to move under FED.R.CIV.P. 60

to set aside the entry of default. On this assumption, the court now sets a hearing date on these

presumptive motions for June 24, 2008 at 10:00 am (Courtroom 2, Fifth Floor of the United

States District Court, San Jose). The parties shall notice any motions in accordance with the

Civil Local Rules. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 5/6/08 

HOWARD R. LLOYD

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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5:08-cv-681 Notice has been electronically mailed to: 

Mikel D. Bryan mikel@mdbryanlaw.com 

Darryl J. Horowitt dhorowitt@ch-law.com 

Christine Jean Levin clevin@ch-law.com, tbohlander@ch-law.com 

* Counsel are responsible for providing copies of this order to co-counsel.

Dated: 5/6/08 

 /s/ KRO 

 Chambers of Magistrate Judge Lloyd

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