Georgacarakos v. Wiley et al

Filing 620

MINUTE ORDER denying 614 Plaintiff's Motion to Intervene, Filed on Behalf of Mentally Incapacitated Inmate by Magistrate Judge Michael E. Hegarty on 04/03/09.(wjc, ) Modified on 4/7/2009 to add text word Minute (wjc, ).

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO Civil Action No. 07-cv-01712-MSK-MEH PETER GEORGACARAKOS, Plaintiff, v. WILEY, et al., Defendants. MINUTE ORDER Entered by Michael E. Hegarty, United States Magistrate Judge, on April 3, 2009. Plaintiff's Motion to Intervene, Filed on Behalf of Mentally Incapacitated Inmate [filed April 2, 2009; docket #614] is denied. An individual who is not an attorney admitted to practice in this Court cannot be allowed to represent any other person, class or legal entity. See Cotner v. Hopkins, 795 F.2d 900, 903 (10th Cir. 1986) (plaintiff inmate must assert his own constitutional rights); see also Abdulhaseeb v. Saffle, 65 F. App'x 667, 671 (10th Cir. 2003) (unpublished) (inmate could not raise claim on behalf of fellow inmate); Feliciano v. DuBois, 846 F. Supp. 1033, 1039 (D. Mass. 1994) (citing In re Victor Publishers, Inc., 545 F.2d 285, 286 (1st Cir. 1976)) (same).