Harvey v. DMD Financial Services, Inc.

Filing 10

ORDER granting 9 Motion to Strike Docket Entry 7 ; granting 9 Motion to Seal Document. Pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 5.2(d), [DE 7] is sealed. Signed by Chief Judge James C. Dever III on 10/11/2016. (Briggeman, N.)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA
WESTERN DIVISION
5:16-cv-00148-D

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Plaintiff, )
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) ORDER STRIKING AND SEALING
vs.
) DOCKET ENTRY# 7
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D:MD FINANCIAL SERVICES, INC.,
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Defendant )
GREGORY HARVEY,

Presently pending before the Court is Plaintiffs Motion to Strike and SealDocket
Entry# 7 (Docket# 9). As a corporation, Defendant cannot proceed pro se and may proceed
only with counsel authorized to practice in this Court. See Rowland v. California Men's

Colony, 506 U.S. 194, 201-202, 113 S.Ct., 716, 121L.Ed.2d827 (1993); Microsoft Corp. v.
ComputerServ. &Repair, Inc., 312F.Supp.2d 779, 780 (E.D.N.C. 2004). Defendant's filing
at Docket Entry # 7 was filed by Defendant's President, who is not authorized to practice in
this Court. Therefore, Docket Entry # 7 is stricken.
Defendant's filing at Docket Entry # 7 contains Plaintiffs unredacted social secunty
number in two places. Pursuant to Fed.R.Civ.P. 5.2(d), Docket Entry# 7 is sealed.
Plaintiffs Motion to Strike and Seal Docket Entry# 7 is GRANTED::
SO ORDERED. This _jJ_ day of October 2016.