Opinion ID: 473717
Heading Depth: 3
Heading Rank: 3

Heading: Whether culpable conduct of the defendant led to the default.

Text: 14 705 F.2d at 845. See Hritz v. Woma Corp., 732 F.2d 1178, 1181 (3d Cir.1984); Feliciano v. Reliant Tooling Co., Ltd., 691 F.2d 653, 656 (3d Cir.1982); Keegel v. Key West & Caribbean Trading Co., Inc., 627 F.2d 372, 373 (D.C.Cir.1980); Falk v. Allen, 739 F.2d 461, 463 (9th Cir.1984) (per curiam); Meehan v. Snow, 652 F.2d 274, 277 (2d Cir.1981) (per curiam). See also 6 Moore's Federal Practice p 55.10 at 55-59 (1985 ed.) In United Coin the plaintiff did not claim prejudice and this court found that the defendant had established a meritorious defense, one good at law without reference to the likelihood of success. The decisive issue was whether the default resulted from the defendant's culpable conduct. In determining that the third requirement had not been met, we repeatedly stated that the defendant's conduct had not been willful. Id.