Alston v. Midland Credit Management

1 WO 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 Michael A Alston, No. CV-25-02196-PHX-DWL 10 Plaintiff, ORDER 11 v. 12 Midland Credit Management, et al., 13 Defendants. 14 15 Pro se Plaintiff filed a motion for default judgment. (Doc. 18.) Plaintiff “fails to 16 understand the two-step process required by Rule 55.” Eitel v. McCool, 782 F.2d 1470, 17 1471 (9th Cir. 1986). To the extent that Plaintiff seeks default judgment pursuant to Rule 18 55(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, the request is premature. Plaintiff has not 19 applied for entry of…