Amr Mohsen v. Carol Wu

MEMORANDUM

Amr Mohsen appeals pro se from the Bankruptcy Appellate Panel’s (“BAP”) judgment affirming the bankruptcy court’s orders denying Mohsen’s motion to set aside the default judgment against corporate entity defendants and his motion for reconsideration. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 158 (d). We review de novo BAP decisions, and apply the same standard of review that the BAP applied to the bankruptcy court’s ruling. Boyajian v. New Falls Corp. (In re Boyajian), 564 F.3d 1088, 1090 (9th Cir.2009). We review for an abuse of discretion a denial of a motion for reconsideration, First Ave. W. Bldg. LLC v. James (In re OneCast Media, Inc.), 439 F.3d 558, 561 (9th Cir.2006), and a denial of a motion to set aside default judgment, Jeff D. v. Kempthorne, 365 F.3d 844, 850 (9th Cir.2004). We affirm.

The bankruptcy court did not abuse its discretion in denying Mohsen’s motions because Mohsen is not an attorney and therefore cannot represent the named corporate entities. See D-Beam Ltd. P’ship v. Roller Derby Skates, Inc., 366 F.3d 972 , 973-74 (9th Cir.2004) (“It is a longstanding rule that corporations and other unincorporated associations must appear in court through an…