Williams v. Stockton Police Department et al

Filing 37

ORDER signed by Magistrate Judge Allison Claire on 2/5/15. Defendants' 8/13/14 answer is STRICKEN. Amended answer due within 30 days. If amended answer is filed on behalf of defendant GK7, Inc. it must be signed by an attorney licensed to practice law in this state. (Manzer, C)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JOYCE WILLIAMS, 12 13 14 15 No. 2:13-cv-02251-TLN-AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER STOCKTON POLICE DEPARTMENT, et al., Defendants. 16 17 This matter is before the undersigned pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(21). Plaintiff filed 18 her complaint in pro per on October 29, 2013. ECF No. 1. Defendants Samual Gramajo and 19 Donata Gramajo filed an answer on August 13, 2014, that was also signed by Otto Noe Gramajo. 20 ECF No. 17. Otto Noe Gramajo seemed to be attempting to sign on behalf of defendant GK7, 21 Inc., however, a search of the State Bar of California’s website reveals that Otto Noe Gramajo is 22 not an attorney licensed to practice in this state. Local Rule 183(a) requires that corporations and 23 other entities be represented by an attorney. Since GK7, Inc. is a “corporation or other entity,” all 24 of its filings must be signed by a licensed attorney representing it. Accordingly, THE COURT 25 HEREBY ORDERS that: 26 1. Defendants GK7, Inc., Donata Gramajo, and Samual Gramajo’s answer filed on 27 August 13, 2014, is STRICKEN; and 28 1 1 2. Defendants GK7, Inc., Donata Gramajo, and Samual Gramajo must file an 2 amended answer within thirty (30) days of the service of this order. If that amended answer is 3 filed on behalf of GK7, Inc. it must be signed by an attorney licensed to practice the law in this 4 state. 5 DATED: February 5, 2015 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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