White v. King County Sheriff's Office et al

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MINUTE ORDER: The Clerk is directed to strike the Notice of Appearance at Dkt. # 25 for failure to comply with LCR 83.1 and LCR 83.2. Authorized by Judge John H. Chun. (SB) (cc: Plaintiff via USPS)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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KILLIAN WHITE,
Plaintiff,

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CASE NO. 2:24-cv-00618-JHC
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v.
KING COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE,
TYLER HUNT, JEFFERY PETRENCHAK,
ENRICO DONAGLIA, STEVEN MINTERS,
MITZI JOHANKNECHT,

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Defendants.

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The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable John H.
Chun, United States District Judge:
(1) The Clerk is directed to strike the Notice of Appearance at Dkt. # 25 for failure to

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comply with LCR 83.1 (“An attorney eligible to appear may enter an appearance in a

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civil case by properly signing in accordance with the ECF Filing Procedures and

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filing a Notice of Appearance . . .”) and LCR 83.2 (An attorney is eligible for

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admission to the bar of this court if he or she is (1) a member in good standing of the

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Washington State Bar, or (2) a member in good standing of the bar of any state and

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employed by the United States or one of its agencies in a professional capacity and

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who, while being so employed may have occasion to appear in this court on behalf of
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the United States or one of its agencies.”). Damon White does not appear to be an

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attorney. The Ninth Circuit has “consistently held that a litigant cannot appear ‘pro

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se’ on behalf of another person. This rule applies even when a non-lawyer seeks to

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represent a family member who is a minor or incompetent.” Rosales v. Idaho Dep’t

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of Health & Welfare, No. 20-35668, 2022 WL 17749262, at *1 (9th Cir. Dec. 19,

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2022).

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(2) The Clerk is directed to forward a copy of this Order to all counsel of record.

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Dated this 29th day of August 2024.
Ravi Subramanian
Clerk

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/s/Ashleigh Drecktrah
Deputy Clerk

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