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Parties Involved:
Adam McDonald
Plaintiff
San Francisco Unified School District
Defendant

Document Text:

United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ADAM MCDONALD,

Plaintiff, No. C 07-4249 PJH

v. ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR 

ENTRY OF DEFAULT 

SAN FRANCISCO UNIFIED SCHOOL 

DISTRICT, 

Defendant.

_______________________________/

Plaintiff’s motion for entry of default is DENIED. 

Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 15, “[u]nless the court orders otherwise, any

required response to an amended pleading must be made within the time remaining to

respond to the original pleading or within 10 days after service of the amended pleading,

whichever is later.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a). 

When a period of time prescribed or allowed by the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure

is less than 11 days, “intermediate Saturdays, Sundays, and legal holidays” are excluded. 

Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(a). “[T]he day of the act . . . that begins the period” is also excluded. Id.

In addition, when service is made by mail under Rule 5(2)(C), “3 days are added after the

period would otherwise expire under Rule 6(a).” Fed. R. Civ. P. 6(d). 

Plaintiff served the amended complaint by mail on December 4, 2007. Ten days

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from December 4, 2007, as calculated under Rule 6(a), is December 18, 2007. Because

service was by mail, an additional three days are added. Thus, defendant’s response is

due December 21, 2007, unless it obtains leave of court for additional time. Plaintiff filed

his motion for default judgment on December 17, 2007, before the time for defendant to

respond to the amended complaint had passed. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: December 19, 2007 ______________________________

PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON

United States District Judge

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