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LR 55.2: Clerk's Entry of Judgment by Default

Requests for a Clerk's Entry of Judgment by Default must be accompanied by an affidavit which sets forth:

(a) The sum certain or the information necessary to allow the computation of a sum certain.

(b) The name of the defendant who is subject to default.

(c) A statement that the defendant is not:

1) an infant or an incompetent person, or
2) in the military service.

(d) A statement that a default has been entered because the defendant failed to plead or otherwise defend in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 55(a).

Comment: The Clerk's Office has forms for requests for a Clerk's Entry of Judgment by Default and Affidavit of Sum Certain to assist parties and attorneys in complying with LR 55.2.

January 01, 1992