Medlink Health Solutions, LLC v. Maddox Defense, Inc.

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 MEDLINK HEALTH SOLUTIONS, Case No.: 22-cv-1306-BJC-DEB

LLC,

12 ORDER DISMISSING CASE FOR Plaintiff, FAILURE TO PROSECUTE 13 v. 14 MADDOX DEFENSE INC., et al., 15 Defendants. 16 17 18 It is well settled that “[a] corporation may appear in federal court only through 19 licensed counsel.” United States v. High Country Broad. Co., 3 F.3d 1244, 1245 (9th Cir. 20 1993) (citing Rowland v. California Men's Colony, 506 U.S. 194, ––––, 113 S.Ct. 716, 721 21 (1993). Because Plaintiff Medlink Health Solutions, LLC, a corporate entity, is not 22 represented, and has had ample opportunity to retain counsel, the Court DISMISSES this 23 case, in its entirety, WITHOUT PREJUDICE. 24 On April 15, 2025, Plaintiff’s counsel Jacob Gillick of Gillick Legal, APC 25 (“Gillick”) filed an unopposed ex parte motion to be relieved as counsel. ECF No. 135. 26 The Court conducted a hearing on the motion to be relieved on May 8, 2025. ECF No. 27 141. After the hearing, the Court issued an Order…