Ratte
United Financial Casualty Company v. Ratte
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 UNITED FINANCIAL CASUALTY Case No.: 1:19-cv-00739 LJO JLT
COMPANY,
ORDER TO HS BROTHERS EXPRESS, INC. TO Plaintiff, APPEAR IN THIS ACTION THROUGH v. COUNSEL 14 GULBAG SINGH RATTE, et al., 15 Defendants.
HS Brothers Express, Inc. was served with the summons and complaint on June 10, 2019. (Doc. 9) The service was accomplished by presenting the documents to Harjit Singh who holds himself out as the “sole owner” of HS Brothers Express, Inc. (Id.; Doc. 14 at 1) On July 29, 2019, Harjit Singh filed his answer to the complaint pro se and, the Court presumes, believed he was responding for the corporation also. However, the corporation may only appear through an attorney. “Corporations and other unincorporated associations must appear in court through an attorney.” D–Beam Ltd. P' ship v. Roller Derby Skates, Inc., 366 F.3d 972, 973–74 (9th Cir.2004). As it stands, the corporation has not filed a responsive pleading and…