SALOOJAS, INC. v. Aetna Health of California, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 SALOOJAS, INC., Case No. 22-cv-01696-JSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE TO
v. PLAINTIFF
AETNA HEALTH OF CALIFORNIA, Re: Dkt. No.
INC.,
11 Defendant.
12 On March 16, 2022, Defendant removed this case to federal court. (Dkt. No. 1.) Defendant then moved to dismiss, (Dkt. Nos. 5, 7), and Plaintiff’s deadline to oppose is April 6, 2022. Plaintiff, a corporation, is currently proceeding without representation by a lawyer, and it appears that Plaintiff filed its complaint in state court without representation by a lawyer. (See Dkt. No. 1 at 5–17.) However, a corporation must be represented by a lawyer. See N.D. Cal. Civ. L.R. 3-9(b); see also Rowland v. Cal. Men’s Colony, Unit II Men’s Advisory Council, 506 U.S. 194, 202 (1993) (“a corporation may appear in the federal courts only through licensed counsel”). Plaintiff is advised that it must obtain counsel to represent it in this action. Accordingly, on or before May 5,…