Opinion
19 Civ. 5219 (AT)
06-14-2021
CBI CAPITAL LLC, Plaintiff-Counterclaim Defendant, v. MIKE MULLEN and MIKE MULLEN ENERGY EQUIPMENT RESOURCE, INC., Defendants-Counterclaim Plaintiffs MIKE MULLEN ENERGY EQUIPMENT RESOURCE, INC., Third-Party Plaintiff, v. EVAN CLAAR, Third-Party Defendant
ORDER
ANALISA TORRES, DISTRICT JUDGE
The Court is in receipt of an email response from Mike Mullen, President of Defendant Mike Mullen Energy Equipment Resource, Inc. ("MMEER") to Plaintiffs motion for a default judgment against MMEER. As this Court has already reiterated, corporations cannot appear pro se in federal courts. Rowland v. California Men's Colony, Unit II Men's Advisory Council, 506 U.S. 194, 201-02 (1993) ("It has been the law for the better part of two centuries . . . that a corporation may appear in federal courts only through licensed counsel."). Accordingly, MMEER must appear through counsel in order to continue defending itself in this action, and in order for the Court to consider any opposition to Plaintiffs motion for a default judgment.
Absent a notice of appearance from a licensed attorney on behalf of MMEER, the Court will consider Plaintiffs motion for a default judgment unopposed.
SO ORDERED.