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COLUMBUS — A corrections officer from the regional jail in Nelsonville is asking a federal judge to rule in her favor in a civil rights lawsuit by a Sugar Grove
Judge Amit P. Mehta of U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia refused to enter a default judgement on Monday against Rep. Brooks after a request by Rep. Swalwell to do so. Swalwell argued in court papers dated July 1 that Brooks failed to “timely respond” to his lawsuit which alleged that the various named defendants — including Brooks — committed a series of civil wrong by stoking and inciting the Jan. 6th attacks. Generally, as a matter of civil procedure law, failing to respond to a lawsuit will result in a default judgement against a named defendant. That’s what Swalw...