In Re Balbir Singh Tuli, Debtor. Balbir Singh Tuli v. Republic of Iraq

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• explaining that “a district court has an affirmative duty to look into its jurisdiction over both the subject matter and the parties” before entering default
• holding, where entry of 21 default judgment is sought, court has “affirmative duty to look into its jurisdiction over both 22 the subject matter and the parties”
• stating that 19 “when a court is considering whether to enter a default judgment, it may dismiss an action 20 sua sponte for lack of personal jurisdiction”
• explaining that a district court has an affirmative duty to determine whether it has subject matter jurisdiction prior to entering default judgment, whether or not the party against whom default judgment is sought has appeared
• “When entry of judgment is sought against a party who 25 26 1 Alternatively, if Plaintiff believes a default judgment by the Clerk is appropriate under Rule 55(b)(1
• “When entry of 16 [default] judgment is sought . . . , a district court has an affirmative duty to look into its 17 jurisdiction over both the subject matter and the parties.”

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