The following excerpt is from Johnson v. Kyeong Indus. Inc., No. 2:11-cv-00694 GEB KJN (E.D. Cal. 2011):
Federal Rules of Civil Procedure favoring decisions on the merits. Eitel v. McCool, 782 F.2d 1470, 1471-72 (9th Cir. 1986). Default judgments are ordinarily disfavored. Id. at 1472.
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