ORDER DENYING REQUEST FOR ENTRY OF DEFAULT (ECF NO. 15)

MICHAEL J. SENG, Magistrate Judge.

I. PROCEDURAL HISTORY

Plaintiff is a state prisoner proceeding pro se in this civil rights action brought pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (ECF No. 1.)

This matter proceeds on Plaintiff's complaint against Defendants Gonzales, Receo, and Souvannkaham on Eighth Amendment and state law claims. (Order Finding Cognizable Claims, ECF No. 10.)

On April 9, 2014, the Court issued its order directing service upon Defendants by the U.S. Marshals Service. (Order Directing Service, ECF No. 12.) On May 14, 2014, the Court received waivers of service of summons from all three Defendants; the requests for waiver appear to have been sent on April 15, 2014. (ECF No. 13.) Defendants filed their answer to Plaintiff's complaint on June 13, 2014. (ECF No. 14.)

Before this Court is Plaintiff's request to enter default against Defendants based on their failure to timely answer or otherwise respond to his complaint. (ECF No. 15.)

II. LEGAL STANDARD

In general, "[a] summons must be served with a copy of the complaint." Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(c)(1). However, many defendants have "a duty to avoid unnecessary expenses of serving the summons." Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(d)(1). "The plaintiff may notify such a defendant that an action has been commenced and request that the defendant waive service of a summons." Id. Rule 12(a)(1)(A)(ii) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure provides that a defendant that has timely waived service under Rule 4(d) must respond "within 60 days after the request for a waiver was sent, or within 90 days after it was sent to the defendant outside any judicial district of the United States."

Rule 55(a) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure requires that the Clerk of the Court enter default "when a party against whom a judgment for affirmative relief is sought has failed to plead or otherwise defend, and that failure is shown by affidavit or otherwise." Rule 55(b)(2) provides that the Court may grant a default judgment after default has been entered by the Clerk of the Court.

III. ANALYSIS

Plaintiff is not entitled to entry of default because Defendants timely filed an answer to the complaint. (ECF No.14.) Pursuant to Rule 12, Defendants had sixty days after the request for waiver was sent to file their responsive pleading. The request for waiver was sent on April 15, 2014 (ECF No. 13), and Defendants' answer was due on June 16, 2014. Defendants filed their answer on June 13, 2014. (ECF No. 14.) The answer was timely.

IV. ORDER

Accordingly, Plaintiff's request for entry of default is DENIED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.