The Motion to Vacate Entry of Default brought by defendant Sergio Rumion is GRANTED. For administrative purposes, Defendant will need to file a clean copy of his proposed Answer with the Court's Civil Business Office. Defendant shall have until October 25, 2019 to do so. Background

This is a partition action between two brothers regarding a vacant 5.5-acre parcel of property located on Hedionda Avenue in Vista, California. The facts do not recite how the brothers came into mutual ownership of the property, but it is alleged that they share an undivided one-half interest in it.

The brother that initiated this partition action, plaintiff Phil Rumion (Plaintiff), did so on November 21, 2017 – almost two years ago. (ROA 1.) At the time, Plaintiff was represented by the Law Office of Johan Deprez. (ROA 1.) Plaintiff failed to serve Defendant prior to the first Case Management Conference (which took place on April 27, 2019) and also failed to appear at that hearing. (ROA 10.) Thereafter, i