Cengage Learning, Inc. et al v. Lindsey Bache

Filing 18

MEMORANDUM Order Signed by the Honorable Milton I. Shadur on 9/10/2013. Mailed notice by judge's staff. (srb,)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS
EASTERN DIVISION
CENGAGE LEARNING, INC., et al., )
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Plaintiffs,
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v.
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LINDSEY BACHE,
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Defendant.
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No.

13 C 4113

MEMORANDUM ORDER
This Court’s August 22, 2013 memorandum order (1) identified
the several respects in which the purported Answer filed by
Lindsey Bache (“Bache”) violated a number of basic principles of
federal pleading, (2) struck Bache’s filing sua sponte without
prejudice to his replacing it promptly with a proper pleading and
(3) notified Bache that failure to file a self-contained Amended
Answer on or before August 30, 2013 would render him vulnerable
to the entry of a default judgment.

This Court has held off for

more than 10 days after that August 30 deadline to see whether
Bache would comply--but he has not.

Accordingly he is declared

in default and is a potential target for suffering the
consequences of such default.

Although the previously-set next

status date is not until October 22, that does not preclude
plaintiffs from seeking appropriate relief in the interim.

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Milton I. Shadur
Senior United States District Judge
Date:

September 10, 2013