Zok v. Municipality of Anchorage

OPINION

STEWART, Judge.

In November 1999, the district court entered a default judgment against Hassan Zok for failing to respond to a traffic citation. Nearly a year after this judgment was entered, Zok filed a "Request and Order to Set Aside Judgment." He alleged in this request that he had not received notice of any hearing. The Municipality opposed, countering that Zok had never requested a hearing as provided in the traffic citation he received. The Municipality also asserted that Zok had not carried his burden of showing that "good cause" existed for setting aside the judgment. Magistrate…