DeCheri Hafer v. United States, et al.

Summary

The document contains findings and recommendations by a United States magistrate judge recommending denial of Plaintiff DeCheri Hafer’s motion for default judgment. The court concluded that default judgment was unavailable because the case had been closed, judgment had been entered in favor of a defendant, and the plaintiff’s prior motion to reopen had been denied. The recommendations were issued with a thirty-day period for objections.

Holdings

1. Default judgment was not warranted because no entry of default had been made, the case had been dismissed and closed, and the court had denied Plaintiff's motion to reopen the case.

Questions Presented

1. Whether Plaintiff was entitled to default judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 55 when no clerk's entry of default had been entered and the case had been dismissed, closed, and not reopened.

Disposition

other