The moderator changed my original title, "File Separate Default Judgments for Named Tenant & Unknown Occupants?" which changed the meaning of my main question.
I don't want to wait for 16 days to file a default judgment for both named tenant (personally served) and unknown occupants (substituted served), if I don't have to. I rather get a default judgment, after 5 days, for the named tenant, since he was personally served.
The Nolo press CA Eviction book says, "You can fill out a separate set of papers for each defendant and take each defendant's default as soon as the waiting period for each defendant has passed, but there's normally no reason to, unless . . . "
This is still a little unclear to me. Nolo press didn't mention unknown occupants in that immediate paragraph. A single judgment makes more sense. But, that allows the named tenant 10 extra days to prepare an Answer, possibly preventing me from obtaining a default judgment.
To add to my previous post. There are 3 forms, CIV-100, “Request for Entry of Default,” UD-110, “Judgment—Unlawful Detainer,” and EJ-130, “Writ of Execution,” related to the default judgment. My question is more to the timing of filing the documents.
Is this a correct procedure, if not what would be?
1. File two “Request for Entry of Default,” as soon as the waiting period for each defendant has passed, one after 5 days; the other after 10 days.
2. After the 15 days have passed, file CIV-100, “Request for Entry of Default,” UD-110, “Judgment—Unlawful Detainer,” and EJ-130, “Writ of Execution.”

