Beauregard v. Sampson

Opinion

2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 3 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 4 * * * 5 Mary Jane Beauregard and John Hugh Case No. 2:20-cv-02123-KJD-DJA 6 Smith,

7 Plaintiffs, Order

8 v.

9 Clayton Sampson, et al., 10 Defendants. 11 12 Before the Court is Defendants’ Clayton Sampson; Elisha Sampson; EnvyTV, LLC; and 13 Envy Solutions, LLC’s motion to file documents electronically (ECF No. 49) and notice that they 14 will be proceeding pro se (ECF No. 50). As a preliminary matter, both the motion and the notice 15 include EnvyTV, LLC and Envy Solutions, LLC. However, corporations and other 16 unincorporated associations must appear in court through an attorney. In re Am. W. Airlines, 40 17 F.3d 1058, 1059 (9th Cir. 1994); see United States v. High Country Broad., 3 F.3d 1244, 1245 18 (9th Cir. 1993). EnvyTV, LLC and Envy Solutions, LLC must retain counsel to continue 19 litigating in this matter; the Sampsons cannot litigate on their behalf. EnvyTV, LLC and Envy 20 Solutions, LLC must advise the Court if they will retain new counsel if they intend to continue 21 litigating this matter on or before Thursday, March 31, 2022. A notice of new counsel is 22 sufficient to fulfill this requirement. 23 On the other hand, the Sampsons—as individuals—may proceed pro se. Because only the 24 Sampsons may appear pro se, the Court construes the motion to file documents electronically as 25 pertaining only to the Sampsons. Under Local Rule IC 2-1(b), a pro se litigant may request the 26 court’s authorization to register as a filer in a specific case. The Sampsons appear to have access 27 to a word processing program and assert that electronic service is easiest for them. Because the 1 Court finds that the Sampsons are capable of filing electronically, it grants the motion. (ECF No. 2 49). 3 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that the Sampsons’ motion to file electronically (ECF 4 No. 49) is granted. 5 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Sampsons must comply with the following 6 procedures to activate a CM/ECF account: 7 1. The Sampsons must complete the CM/ECF tutorial, become familiar with the 8 Electronic Filing procedures and events menus, obtain a PACER account, and 9 finally, obtain an CM/ECF login and password from the District of Nevada by 10 submitting a completed registration form. Links to these items are available at 11 https://www.nvd.uscourts.gov/e-filing-permission/. 12 2. The Sampsons must read and comply with the guidelines available at 13 https://www.nvd.uscourts.gov/e-filing-permission/ 14 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that EnvyTV, LLC and Envy Solutions, LLC must advise 15 the Court if they will retain new counsel if they intend to continue litigating this matter on or 16 before Thursday, March 31, 2022. A notice of new counsel is sufficient to fulfill this 17 requirement. 18 19 DATED: March 1, 2022 20 DANIEL J. ALBREGTS 21 UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 22 23 24 25 26 27