Legal Opinion
Bobby D. Lacy v. Sitel Corporation
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
Decided September 21, 2000No. 00-10079PublishedCited by 274 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
JERRY E. SMITH, Circuit Judge:
In this action for race discrimination under title VII, the district court entered default judgment for plaintiff Bobby Lacy in the amount of $30,000 — the amount prayed for in his petition. Claiming good cause for relief, the defendant, Sitel Corporation (“Sitel”), moved to vacate judgment, which the court denied. Because such denial was an abuse of discretion, we REVERSE and REMAND for further proceedings.
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Under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 55(c) and 60(b), a district court may set aside an entry of default or de fault judgment for “good cause.” We review…
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