Frost v. AmSafe Commercial Products, Inc. ( 2021 )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE WESTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA ASHEVILLE DIVISION 1:21-cv-00156-MOC-WCM KRISTINA RENE FROST and ) GARY ALLEN MAYS, ) ) ) Shawna Rene Mays and ) Tristan Allen Mays ) ) ORDER Plaintiffs, ) v. ) ) AMSAFE COMMERCIAL ) PRODUCTS, INC., AMSAFE, INC., ) TRANSDIGM GROUP, INC., and ) SHIELD RESTRAINT SYSTEMS, INC. ) ) Defendants. ) ) This matter is before the Court . On July 30, 2021, the undersigned issued an Order advising that a “Notice of Withdrawal” filed by defense counsel Kelly Eisenlohr-Moul was not effective. Doc. 21. On August 11, 2021, the undersigned was informed that Ms. Eisenlohr- Moul’s ECF account has been disabled “due to bounce backs” and therefore it is not clear whether Ms. Eisenlohr-Moul received the July 30, 2021 Order. In short, it appears that though Ms. Eisenlohr-Moul remains counsel of record for Defendants, she is not receiving information about filings in this matter. Accordingly, H. Toby Schisler and Lindsey J. Boyd are DIRECTED to transmit a copy of the Court’s July 30, 2021 Order and this Order to Ms. Eisenlohr-Moul forthwith. Further, Ms. Eisenlohr-Moul is DIRECTED, by August 18, 2021, to reactivate her ECF Account or to file a proper motion to withdraw. Attorneys Schisler and Boyd are reminded, as described in the July 30 Order, that they have been granted leave to appear pro hac vice in this matter for Defendants and must be associated with local counsel. LCvR 83.1(b)(1).! It is so ordered. Signed: August 11, 2021 oJ ao W. Carleton Metcalf ty United States Magistrate Judge a AMF +The undersigned also notes that Defendants, which are corporate entities, must appear in this matter through counsel; they cannot appear pro se. See Sea Island Co. v. The IRI Group, LLC, Civil No. 3:07cv013, 2007 WL 2997660 at *2 (W.D.N.C. Oct. 12, 2007) (“the law is well-established that corporate entities and other non-human entities, such as limited lability companies, can appear in federal court only through counsel”).