Opinion
Civil Action No. 20-13153 (JMV)
01-07-2021
STEPHEN I. O., Petitioner, v. WILLIAM ANDERSON, Respondent.
NOT FOR PUBLICATION
OPINION & ORDER
VAZQUEZ, District Judge :
Before the Court are Angelina Nkoli Okwuego's motions for an injunction and to vacate immigration proceedings. (D.E. 13, 14.) Mrs. Okwuego is not a party in this case, and she is not an attorney. Rather, she is the Petitioner's wife. As Mrs. Okwuego is not a party in this case, she may not file motions of this type or seek injunctive relief in this Court. See, e.g., Dail v. City of Goldsboro, No. 10-451, 2011 WL 2293904, at *1 (E.D.N.C. June 9, 2011). To the extent she is attempting to represent her husband's interests, Mrs. Okwuego, as a layperson, cannot represent another party or file motions on behalf of her husband. See, e.g., Schlemmer v. Cent. Intelligence Agency, 804 F. App'x 127, 128 (3d Cir. 2020) (holding that a "non-attorney cannot represent another party"). For those reasons, the Court will deny Mrs. Okwuego's motions. Accordingly,
IT IS, on this 7th day of January 2021,
ORDERED that Mrs. Okwuego's motion for an injunction and motion to vacate immigration proceedings, (D.E. 13, 14.), are DENIED; and it is further
ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this Opinion and Order on Petitioner and Mrs. Okwuego by regular U.S. mail.
/s/_________
JOHN MICHAEL VAZQUEZ
United States District Judge