Trinchitella v. American Realty Partners LLC, et al

Filing 71

ORDER signed by Chief District Judge Kimberly J. Mueller on 11/2/2020 ORDERING Show Cause Response due within 30 days, why default should not be entered. re 67 Order on Motion to Withdraw as Counsel.(Reader, L)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RONALD F. TRINCHITELLA, et al.,
Plaintiffs,

No. 2:15-cv-02365 KJM JDP
ORDER

v.
AMERICAN REALTY PARTNERS, et al.
Defendants.

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In a previous order, the court granted the motion to withdraw by Paesano

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Akkashian Apkarian, P.C., former counsel for defendants American Realty Partners, LLC,

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Performance Realty Management, LLC, Corix Bioscience, Inc., and Sean Zarinegar. ECF

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No. 67. The matter was stayed thirty days to permit defendants to obtain new counsel. See id.

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at 4. No counsel appeared by the deadline.

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As explained in the court’s previous order, “[a] corporation or other entity may

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appear only by an attorney.” Id. at 3 (quoting E.D. Cal. L.R. 183(a)). Defendants American

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Realty Partners, LLC, Performance Realty Management, LLC, and Corix Bioscience, Inc. are

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ordered to show cause within 30 days why default should not be entered against them. See

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United States v. High Country Broad. Co., Inc., 3 F.3d 1244, 1245 (9th Cir. 1993) (per curiam)

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(holding that the entry of a default judgment against a corporation that did not obtain counsel was

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“perfectly appropriate”).

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
DATED: November 2, 2020.

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