International Mailing Systems Division of Better Packages, Inc. v. United States

How courts have described this case

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• holding that refusal to grant relief from default was an abuse of discretion “because [default] should be reserved by a trial court as a final, not a first, sanction imposed on a litigant”
• holding that plaintiff waiting over a year before seeking default judgment strongly suggests that some further delay will not cause prejudice
• holding that when doubt exists as to whether a default should be set aside, those doubts should be resolved in favor of the defaulting party
• noting that a district court’s lack of findings or explanation in support of its Rule 60(b) denial may “defeat intelligent appellate review”
• observing that in addition to the Keegel factors, “[o]ther relevant equitable factors may also be considered”
• noting that “the factors examined in deciding whether to set aside a default or a default judgment are the same’’

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).