United States v. Bates

999 F.2d 544 NOTICE: Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3 provides that dispositions other than opinions or orders designated for publication are not precedential and should not be cited except when relevant under the doctrines of law of the case, res judicata, or collateral estoppel. UNITED STATES of America, Plaintiff-Appellee, Maritza Rodriguez, Plaintiff-counter-defendant, v. Russell BATES; Dorothy P. Bates, Defendants, and Louis PUGLIANI, Trustee for the Dorrus Trust, Defendant-Appellant. No. 91-55567. United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit. Submitted June 25, 1993. * Decided July 9, 1993. Before CANBY, FERNANDEZ and T.G. NELSON, Circuit Judges. 1 MEMORANDUM ** 2 Louis Pugliani, Trustee for the Dorrus Trust, appeals pro se the district court's order striking Pugliani's answer to the government's first amended complaint. We affirm. 3 In the action below, Pugliani, who is not an attorney, sought to represent the Dorrus Trust in his capacity as trustee. He also sought to represent the two other defendants, Russell and Dorothy Bates. The government moved to strike Pugliani's answer to the government's first amended complaint on the ground Pugliani was not authorized to represent either…