ORDER AND REASONS

SUSIE MORGAN, District Judge.

Before the Court is Plaintiffs' motion to strike.1 Plaintiffs request that the Court strike a motion to dismiss filed by Defendants James McKay III, Edwin Lombard, Daniel L. Dysart, Rosemary Ledet, Paula Brown, and Kern A. Reese, on the grounds that the motion was filed after the deadline for responsive pleadings under Rule 12(a)(1)(a)(i) had passed, and after Plaintiffs filed a motion for entry of default.2

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 55 governs the entry of a default, the entry of a default judgment, and the setting aside of a default or a default judgment.3 Rule 55(a) provides that "[w]hen a party against whom a judgment for affirmative relief is sought has failed to plead or otherwise defend . . . the clerk must enter the party's default."4 Plaintiffs moved for an entry of default pursuant to Rule 55(a) on October 25, 2017, asserting that Defendants failed to timely respond to service of process.5 The next day, Defendants filed their motion to dismiss, signaling their intent to "otherwise defend" Plaintiffs' claims.6

Even if Defendants' motion was filed beyond the deadline, an entry of default is not warranted. "A defendant's failure to meet a procedural time requirement is insufficient, standing alone, to warrant entry of default."7 Thus, "when the plaintiff has made no showing of prejudice stemming from the defendant's delay, a default judgment `should not be granted on the claim, without more, that the defendant ha[s] failed to meet a procedural time requirement."8 As a result, the Clerk of Court's office properly denied Plaintiffs' motion for entry of default.

Given the denial of Plaintiff's motion for entry of default, Plaintiffs' Motion to Strike9 is without merit. Accordingly;

IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiffs' Motion to Strike is DENIED.