United States v. Tacker

• Court: District Court, W.D. Washington
• Decided: February 26, 2020
• Docket: 2:19-cv-01285
• Status: Unknown

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3 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 4 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 5 UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, 6 Plaintiff, 7 C19-1285 TSZ v. 8 MINUTE ORDER WILLIAM A. TACKER, JR., et al., 9 Defendants. 10 The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable 11 Thomas S. Zilly, United States District Judge: 12 (1) Counsel for defendant Accounts Receivable, Inc., Brian K. Gerst of Gerst Law, PLLC, has filed a Notice of Intent to Withdraw, docket no. 41. Counsel is advised 13 that such notice is not effective, and that counsel must seek leave to withdraw via either (i) motion or (ii) stipulation and proposed order signed by all counsel. See Local Civil 14 Rule 83.2(b)(1). Because defendant is a corporate entity, it may not represent itself and may appear only through an attorney. E.g., United States v. High Country Broadcasting 15 Co., 3 F.3d 1244, 1245 (9th Cir. 1993). Along with any motion for leave to withdraw, counsel must present a certification that such motion was served on defendant and 16 defendant was advised that failure to retain a substitute attorney might result in entry of default against it. See Local Civil Rule 83.2(b)(4). 17 (2) The Clerk is directed to correct the docket to reflect that Mr. Gerst remains 18 counsel of record for Accounts Receivable, Inc., and to send a copy of this Minute Order to all counsel of record. 19 Dated this 26th day of February, 2020. 20 William M. McCool 21 Clerk 22 s/Karen Dews