Q Nightclub and Lounge et al v. City of Vancouver et al

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE: Show Cause Response due by 10/4/2017, signed by Judge Ronald B. Leighton. (DN) Modified on 9/13/2017 (DN). (cc to Kallimanis and Parra)

HONORABLE RONALD B. LEIGHTON

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT TACOMA

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Q NIGHTCLUB AND LOUNGE, et al.,

CASE NO. C17-5262RBL

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Plaintiffs,
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v.
CITY OF VANCOUVER, et al.,

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Defendants.

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THIS MATTER is before the Court on its own Motion, following the withdrawal of

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Plaintiffs’ counsel. [Dkt. #21] Two of the Defendants have since been dismissed. [Dkt. # 25]

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Meanwhile, the two individual plaintiffs and the corporate plaintiff have not obtained

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new counsel. The individuals are free to represent themselves, pro se, in this matter. But the

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corporate Plaintiff—Q Nightclub and Lounge, a Washington corporation”—cannot be

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represented by a party who is not an attorney. A corporation may appear in federal court only

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through licensed counsel. Rowland v. California Men's Colony, 506 U.S. 194 (1993); see also 28

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U.S.C. § 1654.

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Plaintiff Q Nightclub and Lounge is therefore ORDERED to SHOW CAUSE within 21
days why its claims should not be dismissed for failure to prosecute. This obligation will be met

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if an attorney licensed and admitted to practice in this District appears on its behalf within that

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21 days. Absent one of those responses, Q Nightclub and Lounge’s claims will be DISMISSED.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated this 13th day of September, 2017.

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Ronald B. Leighton
United States District Judge

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