US · rules
D.C.COLO.LCivR 55.1
Default Judgment for a Sum Certain
(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
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- www.cod.uscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-18
- Edition
- fed-district-2026-09-18
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