DirecTV Asks for Default vs. Defendant for Failure to Answer Complaint

DirecTV seeks an entry of default against Shahid Bashir Ahmad, one of 10 named defendants in its Nov. 1 complaint alleging an unlawful scheme to impersonate DirecTV telemarketers (see 2211010049), said its request Tuesday (docket 6:22-cv-00423) in U.S. District Court for Eastern Texas in Tyler. Ahmad was properly served with the complaint Dec. 29 but “failed to file any pleadings or otherwise defend the case,” nor has any appearance “been entered by him or by anyone on his behalf,” said DirecTV. The deadline for filing a response to the complaint was Jan. 19, it said.