Failure to Obtain Default Judgment

U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Rule Set: Local Civil Rules of the United States District Court for the Northern District of Texas

Rule: 55.1

Jurisdiction: NDTX

Bluebook Citation: N.D. Tex. L.R. 55.1

If a defendant has been in default for 90 days, the presiding judge may require the plaintiff to move for entry of a default and a default judgment. If the plaintiff fails to do so within the prescribed time, the presiding judge will dismiss the action, without prejudice, as to that defendant.

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