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Parties Involved:
Arsh & Jot LLC
Defendant
Hendrik Block
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

HENDRIK BLOCK,

Plaintiff,

v.

ARSH & JOT LLC, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:24-cv-00812-SAB

ORDER VACATING NOVEMBER 26, 2024

SCHEDULING CONFERENCE AND

REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO FILE A 

MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT

THIRTY-FIVE DAY DEADLINE

Plaintiff filed the complaint in this action on July 12, 2024. (ECF No. 1.) On September 

10, 2024, the Clerk of the Court entered default against Defendant Arsh & Jot LLC. (ECF No. 

6.) The scheduling conference in this matter is currently set for November 26, 2024. (ECF No. 

3.)

Pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 55, obtaining a default judgment is a twostep process. Yue v. Storage Technology Corp., No. 3:07-cv-05850, 2008 WL 361142, *2 (N.D. 

Cal. Feb. 11, 2008). Entry of default is appropriate as to any party against whom a judgment for 

affirmative relief is sought that has failed to plead or otherwise defend as provided by the Federal 

Rules of Civil Procedure and where that fact is made to appear by affidavit or otherwise. Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 55(a). After entry of default, the plaintiff can seek entry of default judgment. Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 55(b)(1) and (2). “Default judgments are generally disfavored, and whenever it is 

reasonably possible, cases should be decided upon their merits.” In re Hammer, 940 F.2d 524, 

(9th Cir. 1991) (internal punctuation and citations omitted).

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As the only Defendant in this matter is in default, the Court shall vacate the initial 

scheduling conference and set a deadline for a motion for default judgment to be filed.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Within thirty-five (35) days from the date of service of this order, Plaintiff shall 

file a motion for default judgment; 

2. The scheduling conference set for November 26, 2024, is VACATED; and

3. Plaintiff is advised that the failure to comply with this order shall result in a 

recommendation that this action be dismissed for failure to prosecute.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 11, 2024 

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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