Cacok v. Covington

FLAUM, Circuit Judge.

Micale Cacok appeals from the district court’s refusal to enforce a previous judgment in her favor. We vacate the district court’s judgment and remand for further proceedings.

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Micale Cacok sued Milton Covington (individually and doing business as Covington Electric Company) in the Northern District of Illinois for Fair Labor Standards Act violations. Although she secured a default judgment in the amount of $19,057.74, enforcing the judgment was difficult. In the action relevant here, Cacok discovered that Milton Covington was the plaintiff in a medical malpractice suit in…