Judge Jones sets aside defaults in DirecTV cases

In DirecTV v. Adkins, Judge Jones of the W.D. Va. granted the motions of some of the defendants in one of the Virginia DirecTV suits relief from their default under Rule 55. The defendants were represented by Carl McAfee from Norton. The judge mentioned in a footnote that more that 8,700 defendants have been sued across the country by DirecTV. For earlier posts about this litigation, see here and here.