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Nature of Suit Code: 550
Nature of Suit: Prisoner - Civil Rights (U.S. defendant)
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Prisoner Civil Rights

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ELRADER BROWNING, III, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

M. BURKHART, et al., 

Defendants. 

No. 2:21-cv-0978 DJC AC P 

ORDER 

Plaintiff filed a motion for default judgment pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 55, arguing 

default is warranted because defendants did not file or serve their answer or take other action in 

the case within the thirty-day timeframe ordered by the court. ECF No. 50. However, defendants 

filed and served their answer in this case on December 13, 2024, which was the deadline. See 

ECF Nos. 47, 48. Service is timely based on the date the answer was served, which is based on 

the date it is mailed to plaintiff, and not the date plaintiff receives it. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 

5(b)(2)(C). 

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERD that plaintiff’s motion for entry of default (ECF 

No. 50) is denied. 

DATED: January 2, 2025 

Case 2:21-cv-00978-DJC-AC Document 51 Filed 01/03/25 Page 1 of 1