Coleman v. Payne

OPINION

ENSLEN, District Judge.

This matter is before the Court on plaintiffs’ motion for default judgment against the defendant. Plaintiffs commenced this action on April 29, 1987 and defendant was personally served with the summons and complaint on May 5, 1987. To date, almost exactly one year later, defendant has failed to enter an appearance, answer or otherwise defend himself in this action. This is a willful copyright infringement action arising out of the unauthorized performance on July 23,1986 over defendant’s radio station WJPW in Rockford, Michigan, of the following ten musical…