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22CV-00077·merced·Civil·Debt Collection
DENIED

Debt Management Partners, LLC vs. Reynaldo Cardenas

Motion to Vacate Default Judgment

Hearing date
May 18, 2026
Department
9
Prevailing
Opposing Party

Motion type

Other

Parties

PlaintiffDebt Management Partners, LLC
DefendantReynaldo Cardenas

Ruling

22CV-00077 Debt Management Partners, LLC vs. Reynaldo Cardenas

Motion to Vacate Default Judgment

Defendant’s motion to vacate the default judgment entered on November 16, 2022, due to Defendant’s lack of actual notice in time to defend the action is DENIED as untimely. Defendant’s motion to vacate the default judgment pursuant to Code of Civil Procedure section 473.5 was untimely filed more than two years after the entry of default judgment. (Code Civ. Proc., § 473.5, subd. (a).) The Court also notes that the address where substituted service of the summons and complaint presumably was made in February 2022 matches Defendant’s current address and is the same address used for numerous notices mailed to Defendant in this action before and after the date of entry of default judgment.

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