White v. King County Sheriff's Office

Opinion

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4 5 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON AT SEATTLE 7 KILLIAN WHITE, CASE NO. 2:24-cv-00618-JHC 8

Plaintiff, MINUTE ORDER 9 v. 10 KING COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE, 11 TYLER HUNT, JEFFERY PETRENCHAK, ENRICO DONAGLIA, STEVEN MINTERS, 12 MITZI JOHANKNECHT,

13 Defendants. 14

15 The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable John H. 16 Chun, United States District Judge: 17 (1) The Clerk is directed to strike the Notice of Appearance at Dkt. # 25 for failure to 18 comply with LCR 83.1 (“An attorney eligible to appear may enter an appearance in a 19 civil case by properly signing in accordance with the ECF Filing Procedures and 20 filing a Notice of Appearance . . .”) and LCR 83.2 (An attorney is eligible for 21 admission to the bar of this court if he or she is (1) a member in good standing of the 22 Washington State Bar, or (2) a member in good standing of the bar of any state and 23 employed by the United States or one of its agencies in a professional capacity and 24 who, while being so employed may have occasion to appear in this court on behalf of 1 the United States or one of its agencies.”). Damon White does not appear to be an 2 attorney. The Ninth Circuit has “consistently held that a litigant cannot appear ‘pro 3 se’ on behalf of another person. This rule applies even when a non-lawyer seeks to

4 represent a family member who is a minor or incompetent.” Rosales v. Idaho Dep’t 5 of Health & Welfare, No. 20-35668, 2022 WL 17749262, at *1 (9th Cir. Dec. 19, 6 2022). 7 (2) The Clerk is directed to forward a copy of this Order to all counsel of record. 8 Dated this 29th day of August 2024. 9 Ravi Subramanian Clerk 10 /s/Ashleigh Drecktrah Deputy Clerk 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24