Trustees of the Iron Workers Local Union 17 Pension Fund v. 21st Century Concrete Construction Inc., 1:18-cv-2737. (2019)
Court: District Court, N.D. Ohio
Number: infdco20190422d42
Visitors: 3
Filed: Apr. 19, 2019
Latest Update: Apr. 19, 2019
Summary: OPINION & ORDER [Resolving Doc. 17] JAMES S. GWIN , District Judge . In this employee benefits case, Defendant 21st Century Concrete Construction, Inc.'s attorney seeks to withdraw. 1 He claims, inter alia, that Defendant has failed substantially to fulfill certain obligations and has made its representation unreasonably difficult. 2 However, a corporation is not permitted to proceed pro se in federal court. 3 Put differently, Defendant needs an attorney. Accordingly, the Court DEN
Summary: OPINION & ORDER [Resolving Doc. 17] JAMES S. GWIN , District Judge . In this employee benefits case, Defendant 21st Century Concrete Construction, Inc.'s attorney seeks to withdraw. 1 He claims, inter alia, that Defendant has failed substantially to fulfill certain obligations and has made its representation unreasonably difficult. 2 However, a corporation is not permitted to proceed pro se in federal court. 3 Put differently, Defendant needs an attorney. Accordingly, the Court DENI..
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OPINION & ORDER
[Resolving Doc. 17]
JAMES S. GWIN, District Judge.
In this employee benefits case, Defendant 21st Century Concrete Construction, Inc.'s attorney seeks to withdraw.1 He claims, inter alia, that Defendant has failed substantially to fulfill certain obligations and has made its representation unreasonably difficult.2
However, a corporation is not permitted to proceed pro se in federal court.3 Put differently, Defendant needs an attorney. Accordingly, the Court DENIES defense counsel's motion to withdraw until Defendant has substitute counsel.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
FootNotes
1. Doc. 17.
2. Id.
3. E.g., Bass v. Leatherwood, 788 F.3d 228, 230-31 (6th Cir. 2015) ("[U]nder longstanding tradition, a corporation can only appear by attorney." (internal quotation marks and emphasis omitted)). See also 28 U.S.C. § 1654.
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