Philadelphia Indemnity Insurance Company v. United Revolver Club of Sacramento, Inc. ( 2019 )

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 PHILADELPHIA INDEMNITY No. 2:18-cv-2960 KJM DB INSURANCE COMPANY, a Pennsylvania 12 corporation, 13 ORDER Plaintiff, 14 v. 15 UNITED REVOLVER CLUB OF 16 SACRAMENTO, INC., a California corporation, 17 18 Defendant. 19 20 This matter came before the undersigned on November 1, 2019 for hearing of plaintiff’s 21 motion for default judgment pursuant to Local Rule 302(c)(19). (ECF No. 17) Attorney Stephen 22 Soskin appeared on behalf of the plaintiff. No attorney appeared on behalf of the defendant.1 23 //// 24 1 Attorney Bart Hightower attempted to appear personally and speak on behalf of the defendant. 25 Mr. Hightower, however, explicitly would not appear as an attorney representing the defendant. “A nonlawyer can’t handle a case on behalf of anyone except himself.” Georgakis v. Illinois 26 State University, 722 F.3d 1075, 1077 (7th Cir. 2013). “28 U.S.C. § 1654 . . . does not allow 27 corporations, partnerships, or associations to appear in federal court otherwise than through a licensed attorney.” Rowland v. California Men’s Colony, Unit II Men’s Advisory Council, 506 28 U.S. 194, 202 (1993). 1 For the reasons stated on the record at the November 1, 2019 hearing, IT IS HEREBY 2 | ORDERED that the November 1, 2019 hearing of plaintiff's motion for default judgment (ECF 3 | No. 14) is continued to December 6, 2019, at the United States District Court, 501 I Street, 4 | Sacramento, California, in Courtroom No. 27, before the undersigned. 5 | Dated: November 1, 2019 g ‘BORAH BARNES UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 | DLB:6 DB\orders\orders.civil\philadelphia2960.cont.hrg2.ord 25 26 27 28