Priest v. Zayre Corp.

How courts have described this case

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• “[T]he Court notes that an entry of default is a prerequisite to a default judgment under Rule 55(b), and that no entry of default has been made in this case.”
• “Where a defendant appears and indicates a desire to contest an action, a court may exercise its discretion to refuse to enter default, in accordance with the policy of allowing cases to be tried on the merits.”
• “Where a 17 defendant appears and indicates a desire to contest an action, a court may exercise its discretion to 18 refuse to enter default, in accordance with the policy of allowing cases to be tried on the merits.”

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