Free Motion for Entry of Default - District Court of Colorado - Colorado

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF COLORADO

Civil Action No. 04-cv-617-LTB-BNB POLYROCK TECHNOLOGIES, LLC, a Colorado limited liability company, Plaintiff, v. GENERAL STEEL DOMESTIC SALES, LLC, et al., Defendants.

POLYROCK' AMENDED REQUEST FOR ENTRY OF DEFAULT S OF DEFENDANT KEVIN KISSIRE

PursatoFd R Cv P 5( , o R c T cnl i , L ( o R c" hereby un t e. . i . 5a P l ok eho g s L C " l ok) . ) y oe Py requests entry of default against defendant Kevin Kissire. As grounds, PolyRock states: 1. Copies of the summons and complaint were served on Kissire on June 23, 2005,

in Rockwall, Texas. (See Docket Entry No. 30; Armstrong Affidavit of Service, attached as Tab 1.) 2. Kissire' deadline to answer or otherwise respond to the First Amended s

Complaint and Jury Demand was July 13, 2005. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(a)(1)(A). Kissire failed to answer or otherwise respond as required. 3. A Ce ' N t i udo Jl 2, 05i i t t t o R c' R qet o l ks o s e n u 7 20 n c e h P l oks eus F r r e s y d ad a y

Entry of Default of Defendant Kevin Kissire was deficient in that it contained no affidavit cne i df dn s it y tu. h Ce 'N tce Sri m m e s i l eeA t ocr n e nat m la s t T e l ks o id e c e br Cv R lf c ng e ' ir a s r e t ve ' i i

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of 2003, Pub.L.No. 108-189, 117 Stat. 2835 for the proposition that an affidavit should accompany a request for entry of default pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 55(a). 4. While no rule specifically requires an affidavit for entry of default pursuant to

Fd R Cv P 5( , pnr i o t Ce ' N t adfr e d cs o wt t Ce ' e. . i . 5a uo e e fh l ks o n ut r i us n i h l ks . ) vw e r e h s i h e r office, PolyRock understands the Court prefers that an affidavit concerning military service accompany the initial request for entry of default, rather than a later request for default judgment pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 55(b). 5. Mr. Kissire is not an infant, incompetent or a person in the United States military

service (see Armstrong Declaration, attached as Tab 2). 6. Accordingly, PolyRock requests entry of default against defendant Kevin Kissire. Respectfully submitted,

DATED: July 28, 2005.

s/ John A. DeSisto John A. DeSisto W. Curtis Graves FEATHERSTONE DESISTO LLP 600 17th Street, Suite 2400 Denver, Colorado 80202 Telephone: (303) 626-7100 Facsimile: (303) 626-7101 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Attorneys for Plaintiff PolyRock Technologies, LLC

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE I hereby certify that on July 28, 2005, I electronically filed the foregoing with the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system, which will send notification of such filing to the following email addresses: Susan M. Hargleroad Pendleton, Friedberg, Wilson & Hennessey, P.C. [email protected] Kurt S. Lewis Lewis Scheid LLC [email protected]

s/ John A. DeSisto John A. DeSisto W. Curtis Graves FEATHERSTONE DESISTO LLP 600 17th Street, Suite 2400 Denver, Colorado 80202 Telephone: (303) 626-7100 Facsimile: (303) 626-7101 E-mail: [email protected] E-mail: [email protected] Attorneys for Plaintiff PolyRock Technologies, LLC