Bacote Jr v. Federal Bureau of Prisons et al

Filing 50

MINUTE ORDER Denying Without Prejudice 46 Motion for Default Judgment by Magistrate Judge Kristen L. Mix on 3/6/14.(lag)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 13-cv-02589-REB-KLM MICHAEL BACOTE JR, Plaintiff, v. WARDEN D. BERKEBILE, J. COULTER (Psychology), GREEN, Education Department Specialist, A.W. WARDEN (Overseas Psychology Department), D. KRIST (SIA), CAPTAIN R. KRIST, CORRECTIONAL OFFICER A. BALSICK, and CORRECTIONAL OFFICER G. SANDUSKY, Defendants. ______________________________________________________________________ MINUTE ORDER ______________________________________________________________________ ENTERED BY MAGISTRATE JUDGE KRISTEN L. MIX This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff’s Motion for Default Judgment Rule 55 of the F.R. of Civil Procedure [#46]1 (the “Motion”). No response has been filed. In his Motion, Plaintiff asks the Court to enter a default judgment against Defendants pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 55. Motion [#46] at 1-2. “[Federal] Rule [of Civil Procedure] 55 mandates a two-step process for a party who seeks a default judgment in his favor.” Williams v. Smithson, 57 F.3d 1081, at *1 (10th Cir. June 20, 1995) (unpublished table decision); U.S. Commodity Futures Trading Com’n v. Trimble, Civil Action No. 11-cv-02887-PAB-KMT, 2013 WL 317576, at *1 (D. Colo. Jan. 28, 2013). First, the party seeking a default judgment must request an entry of default from the Clerk of the Court under Fed. R. Civ. P. 55(a). Id. After default has been entered by the Clerk, the party may seek default judgment pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 55(b). Id. Here, Plaintiff has not sought entry of default pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 55(a). Further, in 1 “[#46]” is an example of the convention I use to identify the docket number assigned to a specific paper by the Court’s case management and electronic case filing system (CM/ECF). I use this convention throughout this Minute Order. 1 response to the Motion, the Clerk of the Court entered a note stating that the Motion does not include the date service was complete and that the time for Defendants to respond to the Complaint has not expired. See generally Clerk’s Note Regarding Default [#49]. Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Motion [#46] is DENIED without prejudice. Dated: March 6, 2014 2

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