LONG TIMERS GROUP INC et al v. CORRECTIONS et al

Filing 48

ORDER - to unseal sealed materials and dismissing Long Timer's Group, Inc. - By JUDGE D. BROCK HORNBY. (mnw)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MAINE

) ) ) ) ) v. ) ) MARTIN A. MAGNUSSON, in his ) capacity as Commissioner of the Maine ) Department of Corrections, ET AL., ) ) ) DEFENDANTS

LONG TIMER'S GROUP, INC., NADIM HAQUE AND TYSON ANDREWS, PLAINTIFFS

CIVIL NO. 08-305-P-H

ORDER In my November 12, 2009 Order I noted that the plaintiff Long Timer's Group, Inc. is a corporation and that under First Circuit law a corporation cannot appear in federal court without a lawyer. See Instituto de Education Universal Corp. v. United States Dep't of Educ., 209 F.3d 18, 22 (1st Cir. 2000); In re Las Colinas Dev. Corp., 585 F.2d 7, 13 (1st Cir. 1978); J.J.R. Distributing Corp. v. Sandler Bros., 2009 WL 2562669 n.16 (D. Me.). I gave the Long Timer's Group, Inc. until November 30, 2009 to obtain a lawyer. Since the plaintiffs have failed to respond within the allotted time to my November 12, 2009, Order concerning the corporation's ability to proceed without a lawyer and unsealing of filings, it is now ORDERED: 1. The sealed materials shall be unsealed; and

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Long Timer's Group, Inc. is DISMISSED as a party plaintiff.

SO ORDERED. DATED THIS 1ST DAY OF DECEMBER, 2009 /S/D. BROCK HORNBY D. BROCK HORNBY UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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