International Painters & Allied Trades Industry Pension Fund v. Auxier Drywall, LLC

How courts have described this case

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• explaining that a defendant’s failure to 4 respond to the summons and complaint, the entry of default, or the motion for default judgment satisfies the standard for entry of default judgment
• granting default judgment because the defendant had failed to request to set aside the default or suggest that it had a meritorious defense
• entering a default judgment because of the defendant’s failure to request that the court set aside the default or suggest that it had a meritorious defense
• awarding attorney’s fees because plaintiff provided attorney’s declaration outlining costs incurred
• “Although the default establishes a defendant’s liability, the Court makes an independent determination of the sum to be awarded in the judgment unless the amount of damages is certain.”
• “Given the absence of any request to set aside the default or suggestion by the defendant that it has a meritorious defense, it is clear that the standard for default judgment has been satisfied.” (internal quotation marks omitted)

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).