United States Ninth Circuit

In a suit for delinquent contributions brought by trusts that administer employee benefit plans, denial of relief from default judgments against certain defendants is affirmed where: 1) defendant-company violated a local rule requiring it to be represented by counsel, and it was proper to enter judgment against it; and 2) individually-named defendants failed to answer an amended complaint properly served pursuant to Rule 5 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure.

Appellate Information

• Argued 11/16/2006
• Decided 03/16/2007
• Published 03/16/2007

Judges

• BERZON, Circuit Judge:, Before: RYMER, BERZON, and TALLMAN, Circuit Judges.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Randolph W. Urmston, Hendricks & Lewis, Seattle, WA, for the appellants.


• For Appellees:
  
• Robert A. Bohrer, Ekman, Bohrer & Thulin, Seattle, WA, for the appellees.