Requests for a Clerk's Entry of Judgment by Default must be accompanied by an affidavit which
sets forth:
(a) The sum certain or the information necessary to allow the computation of a sum certain.
(b) The name of the defendant who is subject to default.
(c) A statement that the defendant is not:
(1) an infant or an incompetent person, or
(2) in the military service.
(d) A statement that a default has been entered because the defendant failed to plead or
otherwise defend in accordance with Fed. R. Civ. P. 55(a).
COMMENT: The Clerk's Office has forms for requests for a Clerk's Entry
of Judgment by Default and Affidavit of Sum Certain to assist parties and
attorneys in complying with LR 55.2.
January 1, 1992
United States District Court
Eastern District of Michigan
