Whitmyre et al v. Merchants Credit Adjusters, Inc. et al

Filing 11

ORDER - IT IS ORDERED: The Answer and Motion to Dismiss (filing 10 ) submitted by Dr. Nirmal Raj on behalf of Defendant Family Medicine & Surgery, P.C. shall be stricken from the record. Family Medicine & Surgery, P.C. shall respond to the Compl aint filed herein through an attorney licensed to practice in this court by or before February 23, 2012. The Clerk of Court is directed to mail a copy of this order to Dr. Raj and Family Medicine & Surgery, P.C. Ordered by Magistrate Judge F.A. Gossett. (Copies mailed as directed)(TCL )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEBRASKA
DEANNA WHITMYRE, and KRISTY
PAULY,
Plaintiffs,
V.
MERCHANTS CREDIT ADJUSTERS,
INC., and FAMILY MEDICINE &
SURGERY, P.C.,
Defendants.

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8:11CV419

ORDER

Dr. Nirmal Raj, a non-attorney, filed an Answer and Motion to Dismiss (filing 10) on behalf
of Defendant Family Medicine & Surgery, P.C. Because corporations cannot proceed pro se, the
Answer and Motion to Dismiss shall be stricken from the record. See Wilkinson Industries, Inc. v.
Taylor’s Indus. Services, LLC, No. 8:06CV402, 2007 WL 1751739, *1 (D. Neb. June 18, 2007).
IT IS ORDERED:
1.

The Answer and Motion to Dismiss (filing 10) submitted by Dr. Nirmal Raj on
behalf of Defendant Family Medicine & Surgery, P.C. shall be stricken from the
record.

2.

Family Medicine & Surgery, P.C. shall respond to the Complaint filed herein through
an attorney licensed to practice in this court by or before February 23, 2012.

3.

The Clerk of Court is directed to mail a copy of this order to Dr. Raj and Family
Medicine & Surgery, P.C.

DATED January 23, 2012.
BY THE COURT:
S/ F.A. Gossett
United States Magistrate Judge