Abercrombie

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Breyonna Marie Abercrombie, No. 2:23-cv-01529-KJM-AC Plaintiff, ORDER v. Vestra Labs LLC, et al., 1S Defendants. 16 The attorneys who previously represented defendant Vestra Labs LLC withdrew, and the 18 court stayed this action for sixty days to allow Vestra to find substitute counsel. ECF No. 21. Vestra has not located substitute counsel, and as plaintiff recently has noted, the stay has expired. See ECF No. 22. Vestra cannot appear in this action without counsel. /d. It ordinarily is appropriate to 22 strike a corporate defendant’s responsive pleading if that corporation is not represented by 23 counsel, which ultimately may lead to a default judgment against that defendant. See, e.g., Emp. 24 Painters’ Trust v. Ethan Enterprises, Inc., 480 F.3d 993, 998 (9th Cir. 2007); Myers v. LHR, Inc., 543 F. Supp. 2d 1215, 1217 (S.D. Cal. 2008). In this case, however, plaintiff Breyonna …