Opinion
2:22-cv-01282-APG-NJK
10-24-2022
TYLER WRIGHT, Plaintiff, v. MICHAEL B. SCOMA, et al.. Defendants.
ORDER [DOCKET NO. 6]
NANCY J. KOPPE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Pending before the Court is Plaintiff's motion to strike defendant Scoma Law Finn. PLLC's answer. Docket No. 6. No response has been filed and the deadline to do so has now expired. See Docket.
Failure to respond to a motion constitutes consent to the granting of that motion. Local Rule 7-2(d). Additionally, “[i]t is a longstanding nile that corporations and other unincorporated associations must appear in coin! through an attorney.” D-Beani Ltd. P'ship v. Roller Derby Skates, Inc., 366 F.3d 972, 973-74 (9th Cir. 2004) (rntemal quotations and citations omitted).
Accordingly, Plaintiffs motion to strike defendant Scoma Law Firm, PLLC's answer is GRANTED. Docket No. 6. Defendant Scoma Law Firm, PLLC must retain coimsel and file an answer no later than November 7, 2022.
Plaintiff also requests that the Court enter sanctions and a default against defendant Scoma Law Firm, PLLC. Docket No. 6 at 2, 3. Under Local Rule IC 2-2(b) each type of relief sought must be requested in separate motions. Accordingly, the Court declines to reach Plaintiff s request for sanctions and entry of default at this time.
IT IS SO ORDERED.