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Encarnacion-Lafontaine v. United States

United States District Court, S.D. New York
Dec 7, 2021
Civil Action 20 Civ. 1170 (JSR) (SLC) (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 7, 2021)

Opinion

Civil Action 20 Civ. 1170 (JSR) (SLC)

12-07-2021

EDGAR ENCARNACION-LAFONTAINE, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Respondent.


ORDER

SARAH L. CAVE, United States Magistrate Judge.

The Court is in receipt of a “Letter of Rogatory” filed in Petitioner Edgar Encarnacion-Lafontaine's name by his sister Niurka Encarnacion, who describes herself as a “Third party intervenor” and an “Attorney-in-Fact, not at Law.” (ECF No. 17 at 1). Ms. Encarnacion, who purports to “ha[ve] Power of Attorney, ” asks that “this Court enter Default Judgment and Void Judgements[] [sic] for all the charges.” (Id. at 4, 6 (emphasis omitted)).

As the Honorable Jed. S. Rakoff noted in response to a filing by Ms. Encarnacion in Petitioner's related criminal proceeding, “the law is clear that ‘a person ordinarily may not appear pro se in the cause of another person or entity,' even where ‘the person bringing the action on behalf of another person has power of attorney.'” United States v. Encarnacion-Lafontaine, 13 Cr. 30 (JSR), ECF No. 198 at 2 (quoting Rumph v. City of New York, 18 Civ. 8862 (CM), 2019 WL 1900335, at *1 (S.D.N.Y. 2019)) (internal citation omitted). Accordingly, the Court does not construe Ms. Encarnacion's filing as properly seeking any relief, and thus will not direct the Government to respond and will not take any further action on the filing.

The Clerk of Court is respectfully directed to mail a copy of this Order to Petitioner at the below address.

SO ORDERED.


Summaries of

Encarnacion-Lafontaine v. United States

United States District Court, S.D. New York
Dec 7, 2021
Civil Action 20 Civ. 1170 (JSR) (SLC) (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 7, 2021)
Case details for

Encarnacion-Lafontaine v. United States

Case Details

Full title:EDGAR ENCARNACION-LAFONTAINE, Petitioner, v. UNITED STATES OF AMERICA…

Court:United States District Court, S.D. New York

Date published: Dec 7, 2021

Citations

Civil Action 20 Civ. 1170 (JSR) (SLC) (S.D.N.Y. Dec. 7, 2021)