SALAS v. JAMES JI ENTERPRISE

Full title: ALICE N. SALAS, Plaintiff, v. JAMES JI ENTERPRISE, JJ PACIfIC DEVELOPMENT…

Court: United States District Court, D. Guam, Territory of Guam

Date published: Oct 24, 2002

Civil Case No. 02-00002 (D. Guam Oct. 24, 2002)

Opinion

Civil Case No. 02-00002

October 24, 2002

ORDER

JOHN S. UNPINGCO, District Judge.

On February 6, 2002, the plaintiff filed the Complaint in the above-captioned case. On February 8, 2002, the plaintiff filed an Amended Complaint. When the defendants failed to file a timely answer, the plaintiff filed an application for default judgment on May 17, 2002. The defendants filed their Answer to the Amended Complaint on June 5, 2002.

The Court is mindful that default judgments are generally disfavored. "Cases should be decided upon their merits whenever reasonably possible."Eitel v. McCool, 782 F.2d 1470, 1472 (9^th Cir. 1986) (citation omitted). Consistent with this principle, the Court hereby denies the plaintiffs application for default judgment.

SO ORDERED.