Opinion
2:20-cv-00538-CDS-NJK
07-28-2023
ERIC KOHLI, Plaintiff(s), v. AJAY DAYAL, et al., Defendant(s).
ORDER
[DOCKET NOS. 118, 133]
Nancy J. Koppe United States Magistrate Judge
Pending before the Court is an order for Defendants Quantified Investment Group, LLC and Quantified Capital Group, LLC to show cause arising out of the requirement that corporate entities can proceed in federal court only with licensed counsel. Docket No. 118 (citing United States v. High Country Broad. Co., 3 F.3d 1244, 1245 (9th Cir. 1993)). Defendants Quantified Investment Group, LLC and Quantified Capital Group, LLC filed a response. Docket No. 129. Plaintiff filed a motion for leave to respond, attaching a proposed opposition. Docket No. 133.
The order to show cause is also addressed to Pacific Bay Lending Group and Miss Elegant Expo. See Docket No. 118. The Court addresses that aspect of the order to show cause in a report and recommendation issued concurrently herewith.
Plaintiff's motion for leave is GRANTED. The Court has considered herein the substance of the proposed opposition. Docket No. 133-1.
The most recent deadline to retain counsel was set for May 5, 2023, Docket No. 125, and licensed counsel appeared for these two corporate entities on that date, Docket No. 126. Accordingly, the Court DISCHARGES the order to show cause as it relates to Defendants Quantified Investment Group, LLC and Quantified Capital Group, LLC. Counsel for Defendants Quantified Investment Group, LLC and Quantified Capital Group, LLC must immediately familiarize himself with the local rules of this District and must ensure that his future filings conform to those rules.
IT IS SO ORDERED.