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noting that Rules 55 and (b) provide a two-step process for obtaining a default judgment
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No. 07-56758.
The panel unanimously finds this case suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed.R.App.P. 34(a)(2).
Filed March 11, 2009.
Lorne Adam Kaiser, Romanello Professional Association, Sunrise, FL, for appellants Joseph Christina and Global Impact, Inc.
Mark D. Baute, Patrick M. Maloney, and Henry H. Gonzalez, Baute Tidus LLP, Los Angeles, CA, for appellee Symantec Corporation.
Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California, Dana M. Sabraw, District Judge, Presiding. D.C. No. CV-07-00126-DMS.
Before: DIARMUID F. O'SCANNLAIN, PAMELA ANN RYMER, and KIM McLANE WARDLAW, Circuit Judges.
ORDER
Global Impact, Inc. ("Global") appeals the district court's orders denying its motions to set aside the entry of default and reconsider the same. The clerk entered default against Global when it failed to plead or otherwise defend the adversary proceeding brought by Symantec Corporation. We dismiss because we lack jurisdiction over this appeal.
Although neither party raised the issue of our jurisdiction to entertain this appeal, we have a duty to consider it sua sponte. See Gupta v. Thai Airways Int'l, Ltd., 487 F.3d 759, 763 (9th Cir. 2007). Contrary to Global's assertions, the district court has not entered a default judgment against it; it has entered only a default. See Fed.R.Civ.P. 55(a)-(b) (describing the two-step process of "Entering a Default" and "Entering a Default Judgment"). Whereas we have jurisdiction to review a district court's order denying a motion to set aside the entry of a default judgment, see 28 U.S.C. § 1291; Jeff D. v. Kempthorne, 365 F.3d 844, 849-50 (9th Cir. 2004), we lack jurisdiction over an appeal from an order denying a motion to set aside the entry of default alone, see Haw. Carpenters' Trust Funds v. Stone, 794 F.2d 508, 512 (9th Cir. 1986) (entry of default is not a final appealable order); Baker v. Limber, 647 F.2d 912, 916 (9th Cir. 1981) (same). Accordingly, we lack jurisdiction over this appeal. DISMISSED.
Because we lack jurisdiction over this appeal, we express no opinion on the merits of the district court's orders.