Is a party in default required to make some showing of a meritorious defense as a prerequisite to vacating an entry of default?

MultiRegion, United States of America

The following excerpt is from Hawkins v. Bank of Am., N.A., Case No. 17-cv-01954-BAS-AGS (S.D. Cal. 2018):

Finally, "[a] party in default . . . is required to make some showing of a meritorious defense as a prerequisite to vacating an entry of default." Hawaii Carpenters' Tr. Funds v. Stone, 794 F.2d 508, 513 (9th Cir. 1986). To satisfy this

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