Securities and Exchange Commission v. CFO-5, LLC et al

Filing 60

MINUTE ORDER granting 46 Nicholas Fair's Motion to Vacate Clerk's Entry of Default, and granting 48 Michael E. Norton's Motion to Vacate Clerk's Entry of Default. The Amended Answers to the Complaint filed by Defendant Nicholas Fair 54 , and by Defendant Michael Norton 56 are accepted as filed, by Magistrate Judge Michael E. Hegarty on 3/25/09.(ebs, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 08-cv-01594-PAB-MEH SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION, Plaintiff, UNITED STATES ATTORNEYS' OFFICE, Plaintiff-Intervenor, v. CFO-5, LLC, TRINITY INTERNATIONAL ENTERPRISES, INC., STANLEY W. ANDERSON, EDWIN A. SMITH, CHARLES L. KENNEDY, MICHAEL D. NORTON, individually, MICHAEL D. NORTON, d/b/a Global Asset Services, and NICHOLAS R. FAIR, Defendants. MINUTE ORDER Entered by Michael E. Hegarty, United States Magistrate Judge, on March 25, 2009. For good cause shown pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 55(c) and perceiving no prejudice to the parties,1 the Motion to Vacate Clerk's Entry of Default filed by Nicolas Fair [filed February 24, 2009; docket #46] and the Motion to Vacate Clerk's Entry of Default filed by Michael E. Norton [filed February 24, 2009; docket #48] are granted. The amended Answers to the Complaint filed by Defendant Nicholas Fair [docket #54] and by Defendant Michael Norton [docket #56] are accepted as filed.

The Plaintiff's objections to the motions were directed at the insufficiencies of the original Answers filed by Defendants; however, Defendants corrected such insufficiencies with the filing of their amended Answers.
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