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Diversified Product Industries, Ltd. v. Skyline Steel, LLC

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Dec 28, 2011
464 F. App'x 613 (9th Cir. 2011)

Opinion

No. 10-55520 D.C. No. 2:08-cv-03288-GAF-MAN

12-28-2011

DIVERSIFIED PRODUCT INDUSTRIES, LTD., Plaintiff - Appellee, v. SKYLINE STEEL, LLC, a Corporation, Defendant - Appellant.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION


MEMORANDUM

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.


Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Central District of California

Gary A. Feess, District Judge, Presiding


Argued and Submitted November 17, 2011

Pasadena, California

Before: GOODWIN, W. FLETCHER, and RAWLINSON, Circuit Judges.

Appellant Skyline Steel, LLC, (Skyline) challenges the district court's denial of Skyline's motion to set aside entry of default and default judgment. Our recent precedent noted the importance of deciding cases on the merits and established that denial of relief from a default judgment is appropriate only in "extreme circumstances." United States v. Signed Personal Check No. 730 of Yubran S. Mesle (Mesle), 615 F.3d 1085, 1091 (9th Cir. 2010) (describing default judgment as "a drastic step appropriate only in extreme circumstances . . ." and noting that "[d]ue to the policy of favoring judgments on the merits, a glaring abuse of discretion is not required for reversal of a court's refusal to relieve a party of the harsh sanction of default") (citation omitted). Mesle was decided after the district court's decision in this case, and the district court did not have the benefit of our reasoning as expressed in Mesle.

Because we are persuaded that Mesle compels a different outcome, we reverse the district court's denial of Skyline's motion to set aside entry of default and default judgment and remand for further proceedings.

REVERSED AND REMANDED.


Summaries of

Diversified Product Industries, Ltd. v. Skyline Steel, LLC

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Dec 28, 2011
464 F. App'x 613 (9th Cir. 2011)
Case details for

Diversified Product Industries, Ltd. v. Skyline Steel, LLC

Case Details

Full title:DIVERSIFIED PRODUCT INDUSTRIES, LTD., Plaintiff - Appellee, v. SKYLINE…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Dec 28, 2011

Citations

464 F. App'x 613 (9th Cir. 2011)