Bouari v. United States of America

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 2 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 3 EMILE BOUARI, Case No. 2:21-cv-1974-APG-DJA 4 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING MOTIONS FOR v. DEFAULT JUDGMENT 5 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al., [ECF Nos. 26, 29] 6 Defendants. 7 8 9 Plaintiff Emile Bouari moves for entry of default judgment against defendants Troy Eid 10 and Carol Ann Chaney. ECF Nos. 26, 29. 11 Obtaining a default judgment under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 55 is a two-step 12 process. See Eitel v. McCool,

782 F.2d 1470, 1471

(9th Cir. 1986). First, “[w]hen a party against 13 whom a judgment for affirmative relief is sought…