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

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ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFFS' APPLICATION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT BY COURT—No. C-05-01594 RMW

JAH

E-FILED on 1/23/6 

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

HAIBO CHI; DAFENG CHEN; RUILING

QIN; TYSON LEE; LIMING MA; TAO JIN;

WEI YUAN; XIN ZHOU; YUE XU; BIAO

ZHANG; LI ZHANG; RAN XIAO; JEFF

ZHU; LINDI WANG; EDMOND CHEN;

ZHEN HAO; XUEPU ZHAO; SHUJANE

TAN; HAIYING WANG; NING XU,

Plaintiffs,

v.

DIRECT EQUITIES LLP; DIRECT

EQUITIES, INC. (d/b/a NATIONWIDE

PROPERTIES); CRAIG N. KIRT; THE

ADMINISTRATOR OF THE ESTATE OF

CRAIG N. KIRT; INGRID KIRT; STEVE M.

SCOTT; KELLY KINGSLAND; PAUL

KASPUTIS; ENTRUST

ADMINISTRATION, INC.; DAVID

WINTER; and DOES 1-50,

Defendants.

No. C-05-01594 RMW

ORDER DISMISSING CLAIMS AGAINST

STEVE M. SCOTT; GRANTING

PLAINTIFFS' APPLICATION FOR

DEFAULT JUDGMENT BY COURT

[Re Docket No. 54]

The twenty plaintiffs in this action move to dismiss defendant Steve M. Scot under

Fed.R.Civ.P. 42(a)(1). Dkt. no. 56. Leave of court is not required to dismiss under Fed.R.Civ.P.

42(a)(1) a plaintiff who has not answered, see Pedrina v. Chun, 987 F.2d 608 (9th Cir. 1993). The

claims against are dismissed Scott without prejudice.

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The plaintiffs also seek default judgments against all six remaining defendants. All plaintiffs

seek a default judgment against Ingrid Kirt, Craig Kirt and the administrator of his estate, Kelly

Kingsland, Direct Equities Inc., and Direct Equities LLP in the amount of $950,500. Plaintiffs

Tyson Lee, Dafeng Chen, Xin Zhou, Shu-Jane Tan, and Zhen Hao also seek a default judgment

against Entrust Administration, Inc., in the amount of $250,000. The clerk of court entered the

default of Kingsland and Entrust Administration, Inc., on June 30, 2005. Dkt. no. 29. The court

granted plaintiffs' motion for entry of default against Direct Equities LLP, Direct Equities Inc.,

Ingrid Kirt, Craig N. Kirt, and the administrator of the estate of Craig N. Kirt on September 30,

2005. Dkt. no. 49. Two other defendants, David Winter and Paul Kasputis, have previously been

dismissed pursuant to stipulation. Dkt. no. 51. 

Plaintiffs, in their complaint, sought damages of $950,500. Compl. at 20. Plaintiffs,

however, move for a default judgment in the amount of $1,200,500. A default judgment cannot

exceed the amount prayed for in the complaint. Fed.R.Civ.P. 54(b). The plaintiffs, though, have

submitted evidence of the amounts of their individual claims against the defendants. See

"Declaration of James Cai in Support [of] Application for Default Judgment by Court," Ex. A (dkt.

no. 52-3). A judgment in the following form is supported by the evidence submitted, and at the

hearing on the motion the plaintiffs stated that a such judgment would be acceptable:

! In favor of Dafeng Chen and Ruilin Qin jointly and severally against Ingrid Kirt,

Craig Kirt and the administrator of his estate, Kingsland, Direct Equities Inc., and

Direct Equities LLP in the amount of $80,000;

! in favor of Edmond Chen jointly and severally against Ingrid Kirt, Craig Kirt and

the administrator of his estate, Kingsland, Direct Equities Inc., and Direct Equities

LLP in the amount of $20,000;

! in favor of Haibo Chi jointly and severally against Ingrid Kirt, Craig Kirt and the

administrator of his estate, Kingsland, Direct Equities Inc., and Direct Equities

LLP in the amount of $110,000;

! in favor of Tao Jin jointly and severally against Ingrid Kirt, Craig Kirt and the

administrator of his estate, Kingsland, Direct Equities Inc., and Direct Equities

LLP in the amount of $20,000;

! in favor of Tyson Lee jointly and severally against Ingrid Kirt, Craig Kirt and the

administrator of his estate, Kingsland, Direct Equities Inc., and Direct Equities

LLP in the amount of $240,500;

! in favor of Tyson Lee jointly and severally against Entrust, Ingrid Kirt, Craig Kirt

and the administrator of his estate, Kingsland, Direct Equities Inc., and Direct

Equities LLP in the amount of $160,000;

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! in favor of Zheng Hao jointly and severally against Entrust, Ingrid Kirt, Craig Kirt

and the administrator of his estate, Kingsland, Direct Equities Inc., and Direct

Equities LLP in the amount of $20,000;

! in favor of Liming Ma jointly and severally against Ingrid Kirt, Craig Kirt and the

administrator of his estate, Kingsland, Direct Equities Inc., and Direct Equities

LLP in the amount of $20,000;

! in favor of Shu-Jane Tan jointly and severally against Entrust, Ingrid Kirt, Craig

Kirt and the administrator of his estate, Kingsland, Direct Equities Inc., and Direct

Equities LLP in the amount of $30,000;

! in favor of Ran Xiao jointly and severally against Ingrid Kirt, Craig Kirt and the

administrator of his estate, Kingsland, Direct Equities Inc., and Direct Equities

LLP in the amount of $20,000;

! in favor of Yue Xu jointly and severally against Ingrid Kirt, Craig Kirt and the

administrator of his estate, Kingsland, Direct Equities Inc., and Direct Equities

LLP in the amount of $40,000;

! in favor of Haiying Wang and Ning Xu jointly and severally against Ingrid Kirt,

Craig Kirt and the administrator of his estate, Kingsland, Direct Equities Inc., and

Direct Equities LLP in the amount of $20,000;

! in favor of Wel Yuan jointly and severally against Ingrid Kirt, Craig Kirt and the

administrator of his estate, Kingsland, Direct Equities Inc., and Direct Equities

LLP in the amount of $20,000;

! in favor of Biao Zhang jointly and severally against Ingrid Kirt, Craig Kirt and the

administrator of his estate, Kingsland, Direct Equities Inc., and Direct Equities

LLP in the amount of $40,000;

! in favor of Li Zhang jointly and severally against Ingrid Kirt, Craig Kirt and the

administrator of his estate, Kingsland, Direct Equities Inc., and Direct Equities

LLP in the amount of $20,000;

! in favor of Xuepu Zhao jointly and severally against Ingrid Kirt, Craig Kirt and

the administrator of his estate, Kingsland, Direct Equities Inc., and Direct Equities

LLP in the amount of $30,000;

! in favor of Xin Zhou jointly and severally against Entrust, Ingrid Kirt, Craig Kirt

and the administrator of his estate, Kingsland, Direct Equities Inc., and Direct

Equities LLP in the amount of $20,000;

! and in favor of Jeff Zhu and Lindi Wang jointly and severally against Ingrid Kirt,

Craig Kirt and the administrator of his estate, Kingsland, Direct Equities Inc., and

Direct Equities LLP in the amount of $40,000.

These judgments total $950,500, the amount sought in the complaint. The court will award plaintiffs

a default judgment in the above amounts against the remaining defendants. 

DATED: 1/19/06 /s/ Ronald M. Whyte

RONALD M. WHYTE

United States District Judge

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Notice of this document has been electronically sent to:

Counsel for Plaintiffs:

Judith Pearce 

Jingming (James) Cai jcai@flglawyer.com

Counsel for Defendants:

Counsel are responsible for distributing copies of this document to co-counsel that have not

registered for e-filing under the court's CM/ECF program.

Dated: 1/23/6 /s/ JH

Chambers of Judge Whyte

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