If you are asking to set aside a default judgment or an order where you never filed a response, you should include a proposed response. If the judge decides to set aside the judgment or order, then the judge will order that your proposed response becomes the official response (it gets filed).
A defendant can challenge the entry of default by filing a motion pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 55(c), which allows the court to set it aside for “good cause” shown. Under certain circumstances, the court is required to do so.
Step-by-Step Instructions Collect Supporting Evidence. Reserve Your Court Hearing and Determine Deadlines to File and Serve Motion. Prepare Your Motion and Proposed Response. Copy and Assemble Your Documents. Have the Motion Served and Attach the Proof of Service to Remaining Copies.
If you were sued and lost because you did not appear in court, you can file an SC-135 Notice of Motion to Vacate Judgment. By filing this motion, you are asking the court to cancel the judgment entered against you and to give you a new trial.
(b) The court may, upon any terms as may be just, relieve a party or his or her legal representative from a judgment, dismissal, order, or other proceeding taken against him or her through his or her mistake, inadvertence, surprise, or excusable neglect.
(g) Request for entry of default If a responsive pleading is not served within the time limits specified in this rule and no extension of time has been granted, the plaintiff must file a request for entry of default within 10 days after the time for service has elapsed.
The basic process to set aside an order or judgment is similar. Figure out if you have a legal reason. You need to give the judge a legal reason why they should set aside the order or judgment. Fill out and file forms. Fill out and file forms with the court. Serve the other side. Go to the court date.
How to ask the judge to set aside an order Fill out forms. Fill out the Request for Order (form FL-300) ... Write out legal reasons and facts. You must write out what happened and the legal reason why the judge should set aside the order. Include a proposed response. Make copies and file your request. File your forms.
(f) The motion provided for in this section may be made only after one of the following conditions has occurred: (1) If the moving party is a plaintiff, and the defendant has already filed his or her answer to the complaint and the time for the plaintiff to demur to the answer has expired.