D'ONOFRIO v. Il Mattino

How courts have described this case

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• “[A]s a threshold matter [before entering default judgment], the court must first satisfy itself that it has personal jurisdiction over the party against whom default judgment is requested.”
• “[W]hen entry of a default judgment is sought against a party who has failed to plead or otherwise defend, the district court has an affirmative duty to look into its jurisdiction both over the subject matter and the parties.”
• “[W]hen entry of a default judgment is sought against a party who has failed to plead or otherwise defend, the district court has an affirmative duty to look into its jurisdiction both over the subject matter and the parties.”
• “[W]hen entry of a default judgment is sought against a party who has failed to plead or otherwise defend, the district court has an affirmative duty to look into its jurisdiction both over the subject matter and the parties.”
• “A default judgment entered without personal jurisdiction is void.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).