Billman Property, LLC v. Bank of America NA., Inc. et al

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ORDER GRANTING Defendant's 10 Motion to Dismiss. It is further Ordered that the following Motions are Denied as moot: Motion to Enforce Settlement 15 , Motion to Strike 26 , and Motion to Dismiss 29 . Case terminated. Signed by Judge Miranda M. Du on 9/10/15. (Copies have been distributed pursuant to the NEF - PS)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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DISTRICT OF NEVADA

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BILLMAN PROPERTY, LLC,
Plaintiff,

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Case No. 2:15-cv-00088-MMD-PAL
ORDER

v.
BANK OF AMERICA, N.A., INC., et al.,

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Defendants.

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Plaintiff Billman Property, LLC, a limited liability company, initiated this action pro

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se. Because Plaintiff cannot represent itself, the Court will grant Defendant Bank of
Motion

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(dkt. no. 10).

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In its Motion, BANA argues that this action should be dismissed because Plaintiff,

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a limited liability company, is not represented by a licensed attorney. (Id. at 4-5.) The

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Court agrees. It is well established that a corporate entity must be represented by a

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licensed attorney. See United States v. High Country Broad. Co., 3 F.3d 1244, 1245 (9th

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Cir.

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counsel

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previously dismissed a lawsuit that Plaintiff filed against the same Defendants because

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Plaintiff was not represented by counsel. See Billman Prop., LLC v. Bank of Am., N.A.,

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No. 2:14-cv-01230-RCJ-VCF (D. Nev. Oct. 15, 2014). Moreover, this Court gave Plaintiff

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until March 10, 2015, to retain counsel. (Dkt. no. 12 at 3.) Because Plaintiff has not

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retained counsel, Plaintiff cannot continue to pursue this action.

corporation may appear in federal court only through licensed
Plaintiff has had ample notice of the need to retain counsel. In fact, the Court

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(dk. no. 10) is granted.

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It is further ordered that the following motions are denied as moot: Motion to

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Enforce Settlement (dkt. no. 15), Motion to Strike (dkt. no. 26), Motion to Dismiss (dkt.

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no. 29).
The Clerk is directed to enter judgment in favor of Defendants and close this

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case.
DATED THIS 10th day of September 2015.

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MIRANDA M. DU
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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