Sundby
Sundby v. Marquee Funding Group, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 DALE SUNDBY, Trustee,, Case No.: 19-CV-0390-GPC-AHG 21-CV-2013-GPC-AHG Plaintiff,
v. ORDER DENYING EX PARTE
MOTIONS TO ADD AND DROP
MARQUEE FUNDING GROUP, et al.,
PARTIES PURSUANT TO
Defendants. FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL
PROCEDURE
16 [ECF Nos. 330 & 38] 17 On April 5, 2023, Plaintiff Dale Sundby, appearing pro se on behalf of a trust, filed ex parte motions seeking to add and drop parties under Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 19(a) and 21. Case No. 19-cv-390 ECF No. 330 at 6–7; Case No. 21-cv-2013 ECF No. 38 at 6–7. He did not call the Court’s clerk in advance of filing the motion to obtain a hearing date in accord with Civil Local Rule 7.1.b. See ECF No. 330 at 1 (no hearing date listed). Nor does it appear by affidavit or declaration that Sundby complied with Civil Local Rule 83.3.g concerning ex parte motions and orders. See ECF No. 330 (absence). Finally, “[a] trustee may not…