In re: Debbie Reid O'Gorman

1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 IN RE: DEBBIE REID O’GORMAN Case No. 24-cv-00782-JD

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14 15 In this bankruptcy appeal, the appellant, Grant Reynolds Revocable Living Trust Dated 16 September 25, 2020, is purporting to proceed “in pro per” through Grant Reynolds. Dkt. No. 1 at 17 ECF pp. 4-5. Reynolds has also filed for the Trust an “ex parte application for order shortening 18 time for hearing on motion to issue a notice pf pending action.” Dkt. No. 4. 19 There is no indication that Reynolds is a lawyer. “Although a non-attorney may appear in 20 propria persona in his own behalf, that privilege is personal to him. He has no authority to appear 21 as an attorney for others than himself.” C.E. Pope Equity Trust v. United States, 818 F.2d 696, 22 697 (9th Cir. 1987) (citations omitted). Reynolds’ status as a “trustee,” Dkt. No. 4 at 3, makes no 23 difference on this issue. See C.E. Pope Equity Trust, 818 F.2d at 698 (trustee status does not 24 “include[] the right to present arguments pro se [for the trust] in federal court”); see…