Cadence Design Systems, Inc. v. Pounce Consulting, Inc.

Filing 196

ORDER RE MOTION TO WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL by Judge Phyllis J. Hamilton. (pjhlc2S, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 12/14/2018)

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1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 CADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS, INC., 9 v. ORDER RE MOTION TO WITHDRAW AS COUNSEL 10 POUNCE CONSULTING, INC., et al., 11 United States District Court Northern District of California Case No. 17-cv-04732-PJH Plaintiff, 8 Defendants. Re: Dkt. No. 193 12 13 Defendant Pounce Consulting, Inc.’s (“Pounce USA”) counsel, Hanson Bridgett 14 LLP, has filed a motion to withdraw as counsel premised on, inter alia, Pounce USA’s 15 prolonged failure to pay its legal fees. Dkt. 193-2, Declaration of Garner K. Weng, ¶¶ 3-4. 16 Good cause appearing, that motion is GRANTED. Pursuant to L.R. 11-5(b), papers may 17 continue to be served on Hanson Bridgett for forwarding purposes for 30 days from the 18 date of this order or until Pounce USA retains substitute counsel, which it shall do within 19 that time period. Pounce USA’s substitute counsel must file its notice of appearance by 20 the same deadline. 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 The court reiterates that Pounce USA must retain counsel within 30 days because a corporation or other artificial entity cannot appear in federal court unless it is represented by counsel. See Rowland v. California Men’s Colony, Unit II Men’s Advisory Council, 506 U.S. 194, 201-02 (1993) (“It has been the law for the better part of two centuries . . . that a corporation may appear in the federal courts only through licensed counsel.”); Bourbeau v. Cognitive Code Corp., 693 F. App'x 499, 503 (9th Cir. 2017) (same; affirming district court’s dismissal based on corporation’s failure to retain counsel). The court warns Pounce USA that failure to retain counsel will result in the entry of 1 2 default. In addition, A Further Case Management Conference shall be held on March 21, 3 2019, at 2:00 p.m., in Courtroom 3, 3rd Floor, Federal Building, 1301 Clay Street, 4 Oakland, California. 5 The parties shall appear in person or through lead counsel and shall be prepared 6 to discuss all items referred to in Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(c) and Civil L. R. 16-10. The parties 7 shall file a joint case management statement no later than seven (7) days before the date 8 of the conference. 9 10 United States District Court Northern District of California 11 12 IT IS SO ORDERED. Dated: December 14, 2018 __________________________________ PHYLLIS J. HAMILTON United States District Judge 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 2

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