Frost v. Bebout

How courts have described this case

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• “Actual notice and simply naming the person in the caption of the complaint is insufficient to subject a defendant to the jurisdiction of the district court.” (quoting Echevarria–Gonzalez, 849 F.2d at 28)
• “[B]efore a default can be entered, the court must have subject-matter jurisdiction and jurisdiction over the party against whom the judgment is sought, which also means that the party must have been effectively served with process.”
• “‘Actual notice and simply naming the person in the caption of the complaint is insufficient to subject a defendant to the jurisdiction of the district court.’” (quoting Echevarria–Gonzalez v. Gonzalez-Chapel, 849 F.2d 24, 28 (1st Cir. 1988))

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