Carlson v. Clapper ( 2020 )

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 CARLSON PRODUCE, LLC, Case No. 18-cv-07195-VKD 8 Plaintiff, ORDER STAYING ACTION FOR 30 9 v. DAYS 10 ROCK CLAPPER, et al., Defendants. 11 12 13 At the March 10, 2020 further case management conference, defendant Rock Clapper 14 appeared pro se and represented that he was in the process of obtaining new counsel for both 15 himself and defendant ScanX, Inc. Dkt. No. 78. Mr. Clapper stated that he hoped to obtain new 16 counsel within the next 30 days. The Court hereby stays the action through April 9, 2020 to 17 permit Mr. Clapper and ScanX one more opportunity to obtain counsel. Mr. Clapper is reminded 18 that because ScanX is a corporation, it cannot defend itself without licensed counsel, and Mr. 19 Clapper may not represent ScanX, although he may represent himself. Civ. L.R. 3-9(b); Bright 20 Smart Corp. v. Google, Inc., No. 5:15-cv03962-BLF, 2016 WL 1070667, at *2 (N.D. Cal. Mar. 21 18, 2016). 22 Mr. Clapper must file a notice no later than April 10, 2020 advising of the Court of the 23 results of his efforts to obtain counsel. 24 The Court encourages Mr. Clapper to seek out the assistance of the Federal Pro Se 25 Program, which offers free legal information for pro se litigants. While the Program does not 26 provide legal representation, a licensed attorney may assist Mr. Clapper in obtaining access to the 27 Court’s docket through PACER, among other things. The Program’s phone number is (408) 297- 1 https://cand.uscourts.gov/helpcentersj. 2 Mr. Clapper may also wish to consult a manual the Court has adopted to assist pro se 3 || litigants in presenting their cases. An online version of the manual, as well as other free 4 || information for pro se litigants, is available on the Court’s website at https://cand.uscourts.gov/ 5 || pro-se-litigants/. 6 IT IS SO ORDERED. 7 Dated: March 10, 2020 8 «8 ‘ 9 VIRGINIA K. DEMARCHI 10 United States Magistrate Judge 11 12 13 © 15 16 = 17 Z 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28