Grace Collins v. Richard Rionda Del Castro

I. BACKGROUND2

On December 9, 2016, Plaintiff Grace Collins agreed to loan Defendant Hannibal Production Inc. (Hannibal) $245,000. ECF No. 1-1 at 25. According to the loan agreement, in consideration for Hannibal’s receipt of the $245,000 principal loan amount, Hannibal was to pay

1 Plaintiff Collins purports to have filed this action on behalf of herself and her mother, Duk Sun Lyu, for whom she has power of attorney. ECF No. 1-8 at 1. Even if the Court assumes Plaintiff has a full and complete power of attorney effective in Maryland, because Plaintiff Collins is not an attorney, id. at 5, she may not litigate pro se the rights of her mother. See Myers v. Loudoun Co. Public Schools, 418 F.3d 395, 401 (4th Cir. 2005). The pleadings in this case have demonstrated that Duk Sun Lyu has not so far participated in the litigation. See ECF Nos. 1-1–1-8. Thus, the Court treats Collins as the only Plaintiff. 2 Unless otherwise stated, these facts are taken from the Second Amended Complaint, ECF No. 1-8, or drawn from documents attached to and integral to the pleadings, see e.g., ECF No. 1-1 at 25. Because of the liberal rules that apply to interpretation of a pro se party’s complaint,…