Simon v. Cumba

Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 PHILLIP W. SIMON, Case No. 3:25-CV-00107-CAB-MSB

12 Plaintiff, ORDER DISMISSING REQUEST 13 v. FOR ENTRY OF DEFAULT

14 DEBORAH A. CUMBA, [Doc. No. 13] 15 Defendant, 16

18 Plaintiff has filed a request for entry of default judgment against Defendant. [Doc. 19 No. 13.] But Defendant filed a timely motion to dismiss the complaint on Feb. 13, 2025. 20 [Doc. No. 10.] Defendant has clearly raised a defense before this Court. Fed. R. Civ. P. 21 55(a); see Song v. Deeds, 947 F.2d 951 (9th Cir. 1991) (explaining that a motion to dismiss 22 constitutes an effort to “otherwise defend” the lawsuit). 23 /// 24 /// 25 /// 26

28 l Plaintiff's motion for default judgment is denied. 2 3 Itis SO ORDERED. 4 5 || Dated: February 24, 2025 € 6 Hon. Cathy Ann Bencivengo 7 United States District Judge 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28