PREVENTION, LLC v. EQ BIOSCIENCES, INC., 8:15CV256. (2015)
Court: District Court, D. Nebraska
Number: infdco20150820a29
Visitors: 13
Filed: Aug. 19, 2015
Latest Update: Aug. 19, 2015
Summary: ORDER F.A. GOSSETT , Magistrate Judge . Defendant filed a document entitled "Pro se Motion for Leave to File a Late Responsive Pleading and to Obtain Local Counsel." ( Filing 10. ) The document was signed by John Raffanti, Defendant's CEO & Founder. The document also includes the electronic signature of Eric Awerbuch, an attorney with Emord & Associates, P.C. The Court has been advised by Mr. Awerbuch does not represent Defendant in this matter. Because Defendant is a corporation and has n
Summary: ORDER F.A. GOSSETT , Magistrate Judge . Defendant filed a document entitled "Pro se Motion for Leave to File a Late Responsive Pleading and to Obtain Local Counsel." ( Filing 10. ) The document was signed by John Raffanti, Defendant's CEO & Founder. The document also includes the electronic signature of Eric Awerbuch, an attorney with Emord & Associates, P.C. The Court has been advised by Mr. Awerbuch does not represent Defendant in this matter. Because Defendant is a corporation and has no..
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ORDER
F.A. GOSSETT, Magistrate Judge.
Defendant filed a document entitled "Pro se Motion for Leave to File a Late Responsive Pleading and to Obtain Local Counsel." (Filing 10.) The document was signed by John Raffanti, Defendant's CEO & Founder. The document also includes the electronic signature of Eric Awerbuch, an attorney with Emord & Associates, P.C.
The Court has been advised by Mr. Awerbuch does not represent Defendant in this matter. Because Defendant is a corporation and has no attorney of record, the "Pro se Motion for Leave" must be stricken. See Wilkinson Industries, Inc. v. Taylor's Indus. Services, LLC, No. 8:06CV402, 2007 WL 1751739, *1 (D. Neb. June 18, 2007) (stating that a corporation may not proceed pro se and that a layperson may not represent a separate legal entity such as a corporation or limited liability company).
IT IS ORDERED that the Clerk of Court shall strike Defendant's Pro se Motion for Leave to File a Late Responsive Pleading and to Obtain Local Counsel (filing 10) from the record in this case.
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