US · rules
E.D. Mich. LR 55.2
Clerk's Entry of Judgment by Default
Requests for a Clerk's Entry of Judgment by Default must be accompanied by an affidavit which sets forth:
(a) The sum certain or the information necessary to allow the computation of a sum certain.
(b) The name of the defendant who is subject to default.
(c) A statement that the defendant is not:
(1) an infant or an incompetent person, or
(2) in the military service.
(d) A statement that a default has been entered because the defendant failed to plead or otherwise defend in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 55(a).
History
COMMENT: The Clerk's Office has forms for requests for a Clerk's Entry of Judgment by Default and Affidavit of Sum Certain to assist parties and attorneys in complying with LR 55.2. January 1, 1992
Provenance
- Source
- www.mied.uscourts.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-18
- Edition
- fed-district-2026-09-19
- Content hash
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