ONWUZULIKE v. ANDERSON

Filing 16

OPINION & ORDER that Mrs. Okwuego's 13 Motion for an Injunction and 14 Motion to Vacate Immigration Proceedings are DENIED (n/m). Signed by Judge John Michael Vazquez on 1/7/2021. (ams, )

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NOT FOR PUBLICATION
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY
STEPHEN I. O. 1,
Petitioner,
v.
WILLIAM ANDERSON,
Respondent.

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Civil Action No.
20-13153 (JMV)
OPINION & ORDER

VAZQUEZ, District Judge:
Before the Court are Angelina Nkoli Okwuego’s motions for an injunction and to vacate
immigration proceedings. (D.E. 13, 14.) Mrs. Okwuego is not a party in this case, and she is not
an attorney. Rather, she is the Petitioner’s wife. As Mrs. Okwuego is not a party in this case, she
may not file motions of this type or seek injunctive relief in this Court. See, e.g., Dail v. City of
Goldsboro, No. 10-451, 2011 WL 2293904, at *1 (E.D.N.C. June 9, 2011). To the extent she is
attempting to represent her husband’s interests, Mrs. Okwuego, as a layperson, cannot represent
another party or file motions on behalf of her husband. See, e.g., Schlemmer v. Cent. Intelligence
Agency, 804 F. App’x 127, 128 (3d Cir. 2020) (holding that a “non-attorney cannot represent
another party”). For those reasons, the Court will deny Mrs. Okwuego’s motions. Accordingly,
IT IS, on this 7th day of January 2021,

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The Petitioner is identified herein only by his first name and the first initials of his surnames in
order to address certain privacy concerns associated with § 2241 immigration cases. The
identification of Petitioner in this manner comports with recommendations made by the Judicial
Conference of the United States’ Committee on Court Administration and Case Management.

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ORDERED that Mrs. Okwuego’s motion for an injunction and motion to vacate
immigration proceedings, (D.E. 13, 14.), are DENIED; and it is further
ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this Opinion and Order on
Petitioner and Mrs. Okwuego by regular U.S. mail.
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JOHN MICHAEL VAZQUEZ
United States District Judge

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