Pappas

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 R. R. DONNELLEY & SONS No. 2:21-cv-00753 DJC AC COMPANY, a Delaware corporation, 11 Plaintiff, ORDER v. 13 JOHN PAPPAS III, an individual, MERILIZ, INC., dba DOME PRINTING, PMCORPORATE GROUP, INC. dba PM PACKAGING, DOME PRINTING AND PACKAGING, LLC and DOES 1-10, 16 Defendants.

18 Plaintiff filed a motion for entry of default against corporate defendant Meriliz Inc. on April 23, 2024. ECF No. 198. The motion argues that while Meriliz initially appeared and participated in this matter, Meriliz has since failed to comply with the Court’s orders and the Local Rules, resulting in a complete lack of participation in these proceedings. ECF No. 198 at 3. Importantly, the motion also notes that counsel for Meriliz withdrew, and while new counsel has appeared on behalf of other defendants, Meriliz remains unrepresented. Id. at 4; see also ECF No. 113. The motion correctly notes that under Local Rule 183, “[a] corporation or other entity may appear only by an…