Sylla v. Conde et al

Filing 33

ORDER directing corporate defendants to secure counsel for their representation in this matter within twenty-one (21) days of this order and notifying parties that failure to do so will result in the court holding the corporate defendants in default. Signed by Honorable Joseph F. Anderson, Jr. on 12/02/2014. (bshr, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
DISTRICT OF SOUTH CAROLINA
COLUMBIA DIVISION
M’Mah Sylla,

C/A No. 3:14-cv-3681-JFA
Plaintiff,

vs.

ORDER

Mamoidou Conde, et al.
Defendants.

The defendants have filed an Answer to the Complaint in this case on behalf of themselves,
individually, and also on behalf of the corporate defendants, Nimbaya! The Women’s Drum & Dance
Company of Guinea, World Music Productions, Inc., and Columbia Tire, Inc. a/k/a Columbia Tire,
LLC a/k/a Rolling Tires Auto Service Center.

(ECF No. 32).

Pursuant to well-established

jurisprudence, a corporation cannot be represented pro se. Asbaugh v. Corp. of Bolivar, 481 Fed.
App’x 840, 841 (4th Cir. 2012) (“It has been the law for the better part of two centuries . . . that a
corporation may appear in federal courts only through licensed counsel.”) (quoting Rowland v. Cal.
Men’s Colony, 506 U.S. 194, 201-02 (1993)). Therefore, the corporate defendants are hereby
ordered to secure counsel for their representation in this matter within twenty-one (21) days of this
order. If the corporate defendants do not obtain counsel, the Court will hold the corporate defendants
in default, thereby deeming the allegations made in the complaint true for purposes of this litigation.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

December 2, 2014
Columbia, South Carolina

Joseph F. Anderson, Jr.
United States District Judge

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