Ma v. City of Seattle
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1 2 3 4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 HANDSOMELAND LLC, 8 NO. C19-1764RSL Plaintiff, 9 v. ORDER 10 CITY OF SEATTLE, et al., 11 Defendants. 12 13 This matter comes before the Court sua sponte. On October 29, 2019, plaintiff 14 Handsomeland LLC filed a complaint signed by Roland Ma. Dkt. # 1. “Corporations and other 15 unincorporated associations must appear in court through an attorney.” Licht v. Am. W. Airlines, 16 17 40 F.3d 1058, 1059 (9th Cir. 1994). Pleadings filed by a non-attorney on behalf of a corporation 18 or partnership are not valid. D-Beam Ltd. Partnership v. Roller Derby Skates, Inc., 366 F.3d 972, 19 974 n.1 (9th Cir. 2004). 20 There is no indication that Mr. Ma is an attorney licensed to practice before this Court. 21 Plaintiff Handsomeland LLC is therefore directed to appear in this action through counsel within 22 23 thirty days of the date of this Order. Failure to do so will result in the striking of the complaint 24 and dismissal of this action. 25 // 26 27 1 Dated this 1st day of November, 2019. 2 A 3 Robert S. Lasnik United States District Judge 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27
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