Mesle v. Signed Personal Check No. 730, No. 09-55353, concerned claimant’s appeal from the district court’s denial of his motion to set aside an entry of default in a forfeiture proceeding against checks drawn on claimant’s accounts and funds in those accounts. The court reversed on the ground that the district court erred by holding the movant to a standard inappropriate for determining whether an unrepresented lay party’s conduct demonstrated culpability; and made merits decisions as to the movant’s defenses that were premature at this stage of the proceedings, and, moreover, were incorrect.
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