Newman
Newman v. Maceno Pizza LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JOHN NEWMAN, Case No. 4:25-cv-01105-KAW
Plaintiff, ORDER STRIKING STATEMENT OF
JURACI MACENO FILHO
v. Re: Dkt. No. 8 MACENO PIZZA LLC, Defendant.
12 On February 3, 2025, Plaintiff John Newman filed this lawsuit against Maceno Pizza LLC (dba Monza Pizzeria). (Compl., Dkt. No. 1.) On February 18, 2025, Juraci Maceno Filho, owner of Defendant Maceno Pizza LLC, filed a statement in which he denied the allegations in the complaint. (Dkt. No. 8.) Defendant, however, is an LLC, and corporations may only appear in court through an attorney. See Rowland v. Cal. Men's Colony, 506 U.S. 194, 201-02 (1993). Mr. Filho is not licensed to practice in California nor is he admitted to practice in this district. Thus, to the extent that Mr. Filho’s statement could be construed as an answer to the complaint, the Court strikes his statement under its inherent powers. See United States v. High Country Broad. Co., 3 F.3d 1244, 1245…