Madonna v. United States

How courts have described this case

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• granting Rule 55(c) motion where defendants filed motion for leave to file late answer only one day after answer was due and filed motion to set aside default four days later
• analyzing (1) the excuse or explanation for the default; (2) the existence of a meritorious defense to the action; and (3) the existence of any substantial prejudice to the party not in default
• liberality justified under Rule 55(c) because entry of default a clerical act and not a final judgment
• “This difference is justified by the fact that mere entry of default by the clerk does not represent a final judgment.”
• “This difference is justified by the fact that mere entry of default by the clerk does not represent a final judgment.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).