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· 5/16/1995

Wells Fargo Bank v. Beltran (In Re Beltran)

Citations

  • 182 B.R. 820
  • 1995 Bankr. LEXIS 777
  • 1995 WL 349100

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that judgment entered for the defendant after a prove-up trial was appropriate where it was clear the plaintiff had no other evidence to present
  • noting that “[f]ollowing denial of a motion for default judgment, a plaintiff . . . ordinarily [is] afforded the opportunity to conduct discovery and proceed to trial in an effort to prove its case”
  • entry of default does not automatically entitle a plaintiff to a default judgment, regardless of the general effect of the entry of a default to deem well-founded allegations as admitted
  • “Entry of a default by the bankruptcy court clerk does not automatically entitle a plaintiff to entry of a default judgment, regardless of the fact that generally the effect of entry of a default is to deem allegations admitted.”
  • propriety of dismissal following denial of default judgment

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Judges: Russell, Ollason, Jones

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