Rafael Muniz, Jr. v. Edgardo R. Vidal

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• “The defaulting party ‘has appeared,’ for purposes of this rule, if he has ‘indicated to the moving party a clear purpose to defend the suit’”
• defendant appeared where he communicated to the plaintiff about potential defenses and counterclaims and that he would seek an extension to file an answer because he needed time to research complex issues in the case
• noting settlement negotiations sufficient for appearance under the rule
• settlement negotiations sufficient for appearance under the rule

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).