Steeves

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DEAN ALLEN STEEVES, Acting Case No.: 20cv978-LAB Trustee of Brother’s Keeper 12 Ministries ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR RECONSIDERATION; AND Plaintiff,

14 v. ORDER REQUIRING SUBSTITUTION OF COUNSEL

INTERNAL REVENUE SERVICE

16 Defendant.

The Court on June 2 ordered Plaintiff Dean Steeves to retain and substitute counsel immediately. His new attorney was required to substitute in as counsel no later than June 15, 2020. Steeves instead filed a response, asserting that the organization he purports to represent, Brother’s Keeper Ministries, as a matter of law is not required to be represented by an attorney. This motion for reconsideration violates the Court’s standing order in civil cases, ¶3(e). Furthermore, the motion is meritless. Only natural persons can appear pro se in federal court; any kind of organization, however it is denominated, must be represented…