Local Rule LR 55.1: Failure to Obtain Default Judgment
N.D. Tex. — Civil rule
LR 55.1 Failure to Obtain Default Judgment.
If a defendant has been in default for 90 days, the presiding judge may require the plaintiff to move for entry of a default and a default judgment. If the plaintiff fails to do so within the prescribed time, the presiding judge will dismiss the action, without prejudice, as to that defendant.