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Nature of Suit Code: 442
Nature of Suit: Civil Rights Employment
Cause of Action: 42:2000e Job Discrimination (Employment)

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SCOTT N. SCHOOLS (SC SBN 9990)

United States Attorney

JOANN M. SWANSON (SBN 88143)

Chief, Civil Division

ABRAHAM A. SIMMONS (SBN 146400)

Assistant United States Attorney

450 Golden Gate Avenue, 9th Floor

San Francisco, California 94102-3495

Telephone: (415) 436-7264

Facsimile: (415) 436-6748

Email: abraham.simmons@usdoj.gov

Attorneys for Federal Defendant

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION

LWANDA OKELLO,

Plaintiff,

v.

CARI M. DOMINGUEZ, Chair, U.S. Equal

Employment Opportunity Commission,

Defendant.

 

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No. C 06-07921 MHP

Related to C 04-2528 MHP (EDL) 

[PROPOSED] ORDER DENYING

MOTION FOR DEFAULT

Pending before this Court is plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment [Docket # 12] and

for default [Docket # 28]. The motions are denied. Plaintiff presents no basis for summary

judgment. In any event, this Court has stayed dispositive motions pending further settlement

negotiations between the parties. The motion for summary judgment is denied without prejudice. 

Plaintiff may re-file the motion with proper supporting documents if settlement negotiations are

unsuccessful.

Plaintiff also is not entitled to a default judgment. Default judgments are governed by

Rule 55 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Rule 55 (a), Fed. R. Civ. P.,” states, “When a

party against whom a judgment for affirmative relief is sought has failed to plead...and that fact

is made to appear by affidavit...the clerk shall enter the party’s default.” Here, Defendant’s

Answer was filed and served prior to Plaintiff’s October 2, 2007 Motion. Accordingly,

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[Proposed] Order

C 06-7921 MHP & C 04-2528 MHP 2

Defendant has not “failed to plead,” thus eliminating the factual prerequisite for the entry of an

order of default. 

For these reasons, both plaintiff’s motions are denied.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: October 24, 2007 ________________________________

Hon. Marilyn Hall Patel, District Judge

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Marilyn H. Patel

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[Proposed] Order

C 06-7921 MHP & C 04-2528 MHP 3

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

The undersigned hereby certifies that she is an employee of the Office of the United

States Attorney for the Northern District of California and is a person of such age and discretion

to be competent to serve papers. The undersigned further certifies that she is causing a copy of

the following:

Proposed Order Denying Motion for Default

Lwanda Okello v. Cari M. Dominguez, Chair, U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission

C 04-2528 MHP Related to C 06-07921 MHP

to be served this date upon the party in this action by placing a true copy thereof in a sealed

envelope, and served as follows:

 X FIRST CLASS MAIL by placing such envelope(s) with postage thereon fully prepaid in

the designated area for outgoing U.S. mail in accordance with this office's practice.

 CERTIFIED MAIL (# ) by placing such envelope(s) with postage thereon fully prepaid in

the designated area for outgoing U.S. mail in accordance with this office's practice.

 PERSONAL SERVICE (BY MESSENGER)

____ FEDERAL EXPRESS via Priority Overnight

____ EMAIL

____ FACSIMILE (FAX) Telephone No.:_See Below_________

to the party(ies) addressed as follows:

Lwanda Okello, Pro Se

P.O. Box 51135

Seattle, WA 98115

PH: 206.679.5184

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the United States that the foregoing is

true and correct.

Executed this October 24, 2007 at San Francisco, California.

___/s/_____________________________

LILY HO-VUONG

Legal Assistant

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