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Messina v. Wynder

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Nov 20, 2007
Case No. 07-946 (W.D. Pa. Nov. 20, 2007)

Opinion

Case No. 07-946.

November 20, 2007


ORDER


AND NOW, this 20th day of November, 2007,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that the Motion to Set Aside Default filed on behalf of Respondents (Docket No. 35) is granted because "the failure to respond to claims raised in a petition for habeas corpus does not entitle the petitioner to a default judgment."Gordon v. Duran, 895 F.2d 610, 612 (9th Cir. 1990).


Summaries of

Messina v. Wynder

United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania
Nov 20, 2007
Case No. 07-946 (W.D. Pa. Nov. 20, 2007)
Case details for

Messina v. Wynder

Case Details

Full title:DONALD MESSINA, Petitioner, v. JAMES WYNDER, et al., Respondents

Court:United States District Court, W.D. Pennsylvania

Date published: Nov 20, 2007

Citations

Case No. 07-946 (W.D. Pa. Nov. 20, 2007)