MEMORANDUM **

Padam Kumar Khanna, a disbarred California attorney, appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action alleging that defendants conspired with the State Bar of California to deprive him of his attorney’s license. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of discretion the denial of a motion for default judgment. Eitel v. McCool, 782 F.2d 1470, 1471 (9th Cir. 1986). We affirm.

The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Khanna’s motion for default judgment given the lack of merit to the substantive claims, the insufficiency of *689 the complaint, and the amount of money at stake. See id. at 1471-72 (setting forth factors that courts may consider in determining whether to enter default judgment); Aldabe v. Aldabe, 616 F.2d 1089, 1092-93 (9th Cir. 1980) (per curiam) (no abuse its discretion in denying motion for default judgment where substantive claims lacked merit).

Khanna’s remaining contentions are unpersuasive.

AFFIRMED.