Angela D. Singleton v. Gayle Eutsey Dean

Angela Singleton, proceeding pro se, appeals the district court’s denial of her motion for a default judgment against defendant Gayle Dean and the sua sponte dismissal of her complaint for failure to state a claim of copyright infringement. On appeal, she argues that she successfully pleaded sufficient facts to show that Dean’s work was “strikingly similar” to her own. We affirm.

We review the denial of a motion for default judgment for abuse of discretion. Mitchell v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 294 F.3d 1309, 1316 (11th Cir.2002). We review de novo the sua sponte dismissal for failure…