You Can Lose By Default: If you don't file a response 30 days after you were served, the Plaintiff can file a form called “Request for Default”. The Plaintiff has to wait 30 days to file this. If the Plaintiff files this form, the Court can enter a judgment against you. The Plaintiff will win the case.
To respond you need to: Download or ask the court for a blank answer form. Respond to each of the numbered claims in the complaint. Briefly explain your responses and raise any defenses you have. File your answer with the court and deliver a copy to the person suing you (or their lawyer, if they have one).
The defendant has 20 calendar days from service of process to file an answer (Form No. AOCLJCV4F) to the lawsuit.
A caption identifying the plaintiff and defendant, and the court in which the complaint is being filed. A brief description of the parties (e.g., their name and address). Allegations demonstrating that the court has subject matter jurisdiction, personal jurisdiction, and venue to adjudicate the claims in the complaint.
An answer must be filed within TWENTY (20) calendar days from the date you were served with the civil summons and complaint. If the complaint was served outside of Arizona, the time to answer time is THIRTY (30) calendar days. In computing the time in which to file an answer, the date of service is not included.
The Defendant's Answer Under federal rules, defendants generally have 21 days to file an answer after they are served with a complaint; the U.S. government has 60 or 90 days, depending on whether it has waived service.
Only these pleadings are allowed: a complaint; an answer to a complaint; a counterclaim; an answer to a counterclaim designated as a counterclaim; an answer to a crossclaim; a third-party complaint; an answer to a third-party complaint; and, if the court orders one, a reply to an answer.
Rule 65 - Injunctions and Restraining Orders (a) Preliminary Injunction or Temporary Restraining Order. (1)Notice. Except as provided in Rule 65(b), the court may issue a preliminary injunction or a temporary restraining order only with notice to the adverse party.
(A) Rule 54(c) Judgments. If a decision adjudicates all claims and liabilities of all of the parties and judgment is to be entered under Rule 54(c), any request for costs must be filed within 20 days after the decision is filed, or by such other date as the court may order.
Rule 65 - Injunctions and Restraining Orders (a) Preliminary Injunction or Temporary Restraining Order. (1)Notice. Except as provided in Rule 65(b), the court may issue a preliminary injunction or a temporary restraining order only with notice to the adverse party.