Opinion
3:20-cv-01528-H-MSB
08-04-2021
JANET SIHLER, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated; CHARLENE BAVENCOFF, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. THE FULFILLMENT LAB, INC; RICHARD NELSON; BEYOND GLOBAL INC.; and DOES 1-10, Defendants.
ORDER CONDITIONALLY GRANTING MOTION TO WITHDRAW AS TO DEFENDANT RICHARD NELSON
[Doc. No. 61.]
MARILYN L. HUFF, District Judge UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
On July 27, 2021, attorneys Eugene Rome, Sridavi Ganesan, Brianna Dahlberg, and their law firm Rome & Associates, A.P.C. (collectively, “Rome & Associates”) filed a motion to withdraw as counsel of record for Defendants The Fulfillment Lab, Inc., Richard Nelson, and Beyond Global Inc. due to non-payment of fees. (Doc. No. 61.) For good cause shown, the Court grants the motion as to Defendant Richard Nelson only, contingent upon Rome & Associates providing Defendant Nelson's address, email address, and phone number to the Court's email inbox (efile huff@casd.uscourts.gov) within seven (7) days of the date of this Order.
For Defendants The Fulfillment Lab and Beyond Global, the hearing on the motion to withdraw set for August 30, 2021 remains in place. The Court again notes that “[i]t is well established that corporations may appear in federal court only through licensed counsel.” Foley v. Allied Interstate, Inc., 312 F.Supp.2d 1279, 1283 (CD. Cal. 2004) (citing In re Highley, 459 F.2d 554, 555 (9th Cir. 1972)); see also Civ. L.R. 83.3(j) (“[Corporations, partnerships and other legal entities, may appear in court only through an attorney”).
IT IS SO ORDERED.