concluding that, where defendants failed to appear at trial despite proper notice and court required plaintiff to prove claims at trial, judgment thereafter entered "on the merits" was not a default judgment, and was not entered in error
Summary of this case from Wheat v. RieserNo. 89-2893
September 18, 1990.
N.D.Ill., 706 F.Supp. 25.
AFFIRMED.
concluding that, where defendants failed to appear at trial despite proper notice and court required plaintiff to prove claims at trial, judgment thereafter entered "on the merits" was not a default judgment, and was not entered in error
Summary of this case from Wheat v. Riesernoting that 2255 motions are a hybrid, part civil and part criminal, and as such a district court can apply either the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, "whichever it deems most appropriate"
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Court:United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit
Date published: Sep 18, 1990
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