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D.C.COLO.LCivR 55.1

Default Judgment for a Sum Certain

activein force · 2026-03-04 – presentact-effective-date

(a) Required Showing. To obtain a default judgment under Fed. R. Civ. P. 55(b)(1),

a party shall show by motion supported by affidavit:

(1) that the defendant who has been defaulted:

(A) is not a minor or an incompetent person;

(B) is not in the military service, as set forth in the Servicemembers

Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. § 3931, Protection of

Servicemembers Against Default Judgments;

(C) has not made an appearance; and

(2) the sum certain or the sum that can be made certain by computation.

(b) Form of Judgment. The moving party shall submit a proposed form of judgment

that recites:

(1) the party or parties in favor of whom judgment shall be entered;

(2) the party or parties against whom judgment shall be entered;

(3) when there are multiple parties against whom judgment shall be entered,

whether the judgment shall be entered jointly, severally, or jointly and

severally;

(4) the sum certain consisting of the principal amount, prejudgment interest,

and the rate of post judgment interest; and

(5) the sum certain of attorney fees enumerated in the document on which the

judgment is based.

Provenance

Source
www.cod.uscourts.gov
Retrieved
2026-09-18
Edition
fed-district-2026-09-18
Content hash
64fbac36dc9a5c6dd0c7c90cad5d31679f060c13a342e09c3be57d9356f7d144
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