District Council 16 Northern California Health and Welfare Trust Fund v. Herron Painting Co.

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 DISTRICT COUNCIL 16 NORTHERN Case No. 23-cv-00458-TSH

CALIFORNIA HEALTH AND WELFARE

8 TRUST FUND, et al.,

ORDER RE: ENTRY OF DEFAULT

9 Plaintiffs,

10 v.

11 HERRON PAINTING CO.,, et al.,

12 Defendants.

13 14 On April 19, 2024, the Court granted Littler Mendelson, P.C.’s motion to withdraw as 15 counsel for Defendants Herron Painting Co., a California Partnership, Defendant Kevin Herron 16 individually and doing business as Herron Painting Co. (a sole proprietorship), Defendant Herron 17 Painting, Inc., a FTB Suspended California Corporation, and Defendant Dora Herron. ECF No. 18 41. Because corporations may not appear in federal court except by counsel, the Court granted 19 Defendants until May 17 to find substitute counsel for the corporate entities. As Defendants made 20 no subsequent appearance, the Court extended the deadline to find substitute counsel to June 7, 21 2024. ECF No. 45. The Court reminded Defendants that failure to retain substitute counsel could 22 result in the…