Maldonado v. BTB Events & Celebrations, Inc.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that the defendant could not move or plead in response to the plaintiffs complaint until default judgment entered against it had been set aside
• noting that the defendant had not simply ignored the complaint, but had instead attempted to clarify why the plaintiff believed that the complaint had been properly served and when an answer was due
• finding “sufficiently ‘meritorious’ defense” to weigh in favor of vacating default when defects itemized in the defaulting party’s proposed Rule 12(b)(6) motion were “arguably present” in the Complaint
• finding a Rule 12(b)(6) defense may justify setting aside an entry of default
• finding a Rule 12(b)(6) defense may justify setting aside an entry of default

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).