RP Golden State Management, LLC v. Ohio Security Insurance Company

Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10

11 RP GOLDEN STATE MANAGEMENT, ) Case No.: 1:19-cv-00600-DAD-JLT LLC, ) 12 Plaintiff, ) ORDER DISREGARDING MISCELLANEOUS ) MOTION 13 v. ) ) (Doc. 80) 14 OHIO SECURITY INSURANCE ) 15 COMPANY, ) Defendant. ) 16 )

17 On March 8, 2021, Mr. Desai, on behalf of the plaintiff, filed a miscellaneous motion. (Doc. 18 80.) However, the Court has previously advised Mr. Desai that Local Rule 183(a) provides that “[a] 19 corporation or other entity may appear only by an attorney.” RP Golden State Management, LLC is a 20 limited liability company, and they may not appear in this action unless they retain 21 appropriate counsel. See McGowan v. Boek, 402 F. App’x 287, 288 (9th Cir. 2010) (affirming 22 dismissal of case because corporate plaintiff was not represented by counsel) (collecting cases); In re 23 Highley, 459 F.2d 554, 555 (9th Cir. 1972) (“A corporation can appear in a court proceeding only 24 through an attorney at law.”) (collecting cases). Therefore, the motion is hereby DISREGARDED. 25 26 IT IS SO ORDERED.

27 Dated: April 3, 2021 _ /s/ Jennifer L. Thurston 28 CHIEF UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE