McCarthy

McCarthy v. Amazon.com, Inc.

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United States District Court, Northern District of CaliforniaDecember 7, 20223:22-cv-05718California222 words

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Trial Court Opinion

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 NICOLAS MCCARTRY, et al., Case No. 3:22-cv-05718-JD Plaintiffs,

ORDER RE ECF REQUEST

v. AMAZON.COM, INC., et al., ll Defendants.

Paul Fullwood represents that he is the president of defendant Loudwolf, Inc., and requests S 14 || permission for electronic case filing (ECF). Dkt. No. 12. The request is denied. Fullwood is not a defendant and not an attorney. He cannot represent Loudwolf in this a 16 || litigation. “It has been the law for the better part of two centuries . . . that a corporation may || appear in the federal courts only through licensed counsel.” Rowland v. Cal. Men’s Colony, Unit IT Men’s Advisory Council, 506 U.S. 194, 200-01 (1993). This rule is codified in our Civil Local || Rules at Rule 3-9(b). The rule states that “[a] corporation, unincorporated association, partnership || or other such entity may appear only through a member of the bar of this Court.” Civil L. R. 3- || 9b). …

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