Microsoft Corporation v. Game Cheap, LLC, a Michigan limited liability company et al

Filing 20

OPINION and ORDER Granting in Part and Denying Without Prejudice in Part Plaintiff's 19 Motion for Order. Signed by District Judge Judith E. Levy. (JOwe)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION
Microsoft Corporation,
Plaintiff,

Case No. 16-cv-14003

v.

Judith E. Levy
United States District Judge

Game Cheap, LLC and David
Radermacher,

Mag. Judge Elizabeth A. Stafford

Defendants.
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OPINION AND ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING
WITHOUT PREJUDICE IN PART PLAINTIFF’S MOTION FOR
ORDER [19]
Defendants’ counsel’s motion to withdraw was granted on April
25, 2017, and they have not since retained new counsel that has filed an
appearance. On June 20, 2017, plaintiff filed a motion for an order (1)
requiring defendant Game Cheap, LLC to obtain counsel or have its
answer

stricken

and

(2)

compelling

interrogatories and produce documents.

defendants
(Dkt. 19.)

to

answer

The motion is

GRANTED IN PART and DENIED WITHOUT PREJUDICE IN PART.

Defendant Game Cheap, LLC shall have until August 4, 2017, for
new counsel to file an appearance in this case or the answer as to this
defendant will be stricken. Corporations “may appear in the federal
courts only through licensed counsel.” Rowland v. Cal. Men’s Colony,
506 U.S. 194, 202 (1993). Defendant Radermacher has until August 4,
2017, for new counsel to file an appearance in this case or he will be
deemed to be proceeding pro se. Plaintiff’s motion to compel answers to
interrogatories and produce documents is denied at this time until new
counsel is obtained and also pursuant to this Court’s Practice
Guidelines, which direct any party with a discovery dispute to first
request a telephonic conference before filing any papers.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: July 5, 2017
Ann Arbor, Michigan

s/Judith E. Levy
JUDITH E. LEVY
United States District Judge

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE
The undersigned certifies that the foregoing document was served
upon counsel of record and any unrepresented parties via the Court’s
ECF System to their respective email or First Class U.S. mail addresses
disclosed on the Notice of Electronic Filing on July 5, 2017.
s/Julie Owens
JULIE OWENS
Case Manager
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