United States v. Signed Personal Check No. 730 of Mesle

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• noting that it was “sufficient to observe that 24 Mesle is not a lawyer and that he was unrepresented at the time of default ....”
• noting that “[a]ll that is necessary to satisfy the ‘meritorious defense’ requirement is to allege sufficient facts that, if true, would constitute a defense”
• explaining that 15 “judgment by default is a drastic step appropriate only in extreme circumstances”
• holding that “[i]t is possible to reconcile the language in Franchise Holding II with the standard in TCI Group. When considering a legally sophisticated party's culpability in a default, an understanding of the consequences of its actions may be assumed, and with it, intentionality.”
• stating that the list is disjunctive and “finding that any one of these factors is true is sufficient reason for the district court to refuse to set aside the default.”
• explaining that a court “must consider three factors,” any of which, if met, is alone “sufficient reason for the district court to refuse to set aside the default” (quotation marks omitted)

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