Wisconsin Masons Pension Fund et al v. R & T Specialists, Inc. et al

Filing 13

ORDER on Recruitment of Counsel. Defendants may have 14 days to name counsel, otherwise the court will entertain a motion for default. Signed by District Judge William M. Conley on 12/3/2018. (arw)

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
WISCONSIN MASONS
PENSION FUND, et al.,
Plaintiffs,

ORDER

v.
18-cv-317-wmc
R & T SPECIALISTS, INC., et al.,
Defendants.
Consistent with this court’s July 6th order, it has made repeated attempts to recruit
counsel on defendant’s behalf. While the court was able to recruit find an experienced
labor lawyer to consult with defendants’ principal, he was not ultimately willing to enter
an appearance for the defendants. Since the court has now exhausted its pool of attorneys
and defendants have no right to counsel in this civil matter, the defendants will be deemed
to be in default unless they can promptly find their own counsel. See Philos Techs., Inc. v.
Philos & D, Inc., 645 F.3d 851, 857-58 (7th Cir. 2011) (“[A] corporation . . . is legally
incapable of appearing in court unless represented by counsel -- ‘corporations must appear
by counsel or not at all.’” (internal citation omitted)). Accordingly, defendants may have
fourteen days to name counsel, otherwise the court will entertain a motion for default.
Entered this 3rd day of December, 2018.
BY THE COURT:
/s/
__________________________________
WILLIAM M. CONLEY
District Judge