Opinion
05-cr-621 (RJS)
12-13-2022
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. ALBERTO WILLIAM VILAR, et al., Defendants.
ORDER
RICHARD J. SULLIVAN, Circuit Judge:
The Court is in receipt of the attached letter from Michael M. Baldwin-Sotomayor on behalf of Angelika Jordan, who had previously filed a petition for a criminal ancillary proceeding pursuant to 21 U.S.C. § 853(n). (See Doc. No. 841.) Although the first part of the letter purports to be from Ms. Jordan, requesting that the court use Mr. Baldwin-Sotomayor's email address to contact her (as is permissible), the rest of the letter appears to be from Mr. Baldwin-Sotomayor, a non-attorney, advocating on behalf of Ms. Jordan. Accordingly, the Court hereby reminds the interested parties that submissions must come from the parties themselves or their attorney representatives; generally speaking, non-attorneys may not represent others in court proceedings and are not permitted to file submissions advocating on their behalf. See, e.g., Pridgen v. Andresen, 113 F.3d 391, 393 (2d Cir. 1997); Batac Dev. Corp. v. B&R Consultants, Inc., No. 98 Civ. 721(CSH), 2000 WL 307400, at *1-2 (S.D.N.Y. Mar. 23, 2000).
SO ORDERED.