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*1 Case 2:13-cv-02208-GMN-NJK Document 23 Filed 03/02/15 Page 1 of 1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEVADA BRENDA Y. WARD, )
) Case No. 2:13-cv-02208-GMN-NJK Plaintiff(s), ) ) ) )
ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR DEFAULT JUDGMENT v.
CM SECURITIES, LLC, ) (Docket No. 22) ) ) )
Defendant(s).
Pending before the Court is Plaintiff’s motion for entry of default judgment. Docket No. 22.
Rule 55 provides a two-step process for obtaining default judgment: (1) obtaining a default against a non-appearing defendant pursuant to Rule 55(a); and (2) obtaining a default judgment against a defaulted defendant pursuant to Rule 55(b). See Eitel v. McCool , 782 F.2d 1470, 1471 (9th Cir. 1986). A motion for entry of default judgment is premature and will be denied if it is filed before obtaining default. See, e.g. , Bach v. Mason , 190 F.R.D. 567, 574 (D. Id. 1999).
Plaintiff here has not obtained default. Accordingly, the motion for entry of default judgment is DENIED as premature.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: March 2, 2015
______________________________________ Nancy J. Koppe United States Magistrate Judge