Is there a meritorious defense?

Greene seeks to convince this court that he has a meritorious defense, by providing this court with copies of a proposed Answer and by references to testimony of the default judgment hearing. However, "if a default judgment is entered as the result of a defendant's culpable conduct ... we need not consider whether a meritorious defense was shown, or whether the plaintiff would suffer prejudice." Id. (citing Meadows v. Dominican Republic, 817 F.2d 517, 521 (9th Cir.), cert. denied, 484 U.S. 976 (1987)).