Task Force BPO, LLC v. Ava Consulting, LLC and Remko Bloemhard

Summary

The United States District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee directs the Clerk to enter default against corporate defendant AVA Consulting, LLC. The court concludes that AVA failed to defend the action by failing to obtain replacement counsel after multiple opportunities and by failing to respond to the plaintiff’s application for default.

Holdings

1. A corporate defendant that fails to obtain licensed counsel after repeated court orders and warnings, and fails to respond to an application for default, has failed to otherwise defend the action and is subject to entry of default under Rule 55(a).

Questions Presented

1. Whether a corporate defendant that failed to obtain licensed replacement counsel after repeated court orders and warnings, and failed to otherwise defend the action, was subject to entry of default under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 55(a).

Disposition

other