Example: The plaintiff (the party that sued your family member) must have filed a motion for default judgment. That means the plaintiff was formally asking the court to enter a judgment in favor of the plaintiff which asserted that your family member had not filed an answer to the complaint, so they should win by default (like one ball team wins by default if the other team never showed up to play). When the judge became aware that your family member had filed a timely answer, the judge ordered the plaintiff to withdraw or take back its request to win by default. This means the judge wants the case to go forward so that both sides can actually have their day in court to air their side