GeekyAnts India Private Limited v. i.am.plus LLC
- Subramanian
- 1:24-cv-01274
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In GeekyAnts v. i.am.plus, Judge Subramanian denied without prejudice GeekyAnts’s default-judgment motion because it lacked a Clerk’s Certificate of Default.
GeekyAnts India Private Limited’s request for default judgment was denied without prejudice; the defendants were affected by the court’s refusal to enter default judgment at that stage.
What happened
In GeekyAnts India Private Limited v. i.am.plus LLC, GeekyAnts asked the court to enter a default judgment against the defendants.
The court said GeekyAnts had to obtain a Clerk’s Certificate of Default before asking for default judgment. It therefore denied the motion without prejudice.
Judge Arun Subramanian also directed the Clerk of Court to terminate the motion listed at Docket 12.
The detailed version
- GeekyAnts India Private Limited v. i.am.plus LLC · No. 1:24-cv-01274
- Subramanian
- June 6, 2024
Ruling
The court denied without prejudice GeekyAnts India Private Limited’s motion for default judgment. A default judgment is a judgment entered when a party has failed to defend the case. The court required GeekyAnts to first obtain a Clerk’s Certificate of Default before filing a motion for default judgment.
Docket Direction
The Clerk of Court was directed to terminate the motion at Docket 12. Because the motion was denied without prejudice, the order did not bar GeekyAnts from filing another motion after satisfying the stated requirement.
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