Nguyen v. Smith Salon, LLC ( 2021 )

1 2 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 3 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 4 SARAH KIM NGUYEN, 5 Case No. 2:21-cv-00213-KJD-BNW Plaintiff, 6 ORDER v. 7 SMITH SALON, LLC, et al., Defendants. 9 10 An Early Neutral Evaluation is set for 9:30 a.m. on May 13, 2021. Docket No. 21. To 11} facilitate the remote Early Neutral Evaluation, the parties were required to provide an email 12] address for each participant. Jd. at 2. Defendant Dr. Lane F. Smith’s statement did not provide 13} email addresses for Defendant Dr. Lane F. Smith and attorney participants. Further, Defendant 14] Dr. Lane F. Smith’s statement submits that he will attend the Early Neutral Evaluation on behalf 15] of himself and Defendants Smith Salon, LLC, Smith Plastic Surgery Institute, PC, and Smith 16] Plastic Surgery Building, LLC (“corporate defendants”). However, the docket indicates that 17] Defendant Lane F. Smith’s counsel does not represent the corporate defendants.! See Docket. 18 Accordingly, Defendant Dr. Lane F. Smith is ORDERED to file an amended statement 19] that fully complies with the Court’s order at Docket No. 21, no later than 12:00 p.m. on May 10, 20] 2021. Further, Defendants Smith Salon, LLC, Smith Plastic Surgery Institute, PC, and Smith 21] Plastic Surgery Building, LLC are ORDERED to file a notice on the docket advising the Court 22|| whether they are represented by counsel, no later than 2:00 p.m. today, May 7, 2021. 23 IT IS SO ORDERED. 24 Dated: May 7, 2021 Nancy J. Koppe 26 United States Magistrate Judge 27), ————_____ ‘A corporation must be represented by counsel.” Reading Intern., Inc. v. Malulani Grp., 28] Ltd., 814 F.3d 1046, 1053 (9th Cir. 2016) (citing In re Highley, 459 F.2d 554, 555 (9th Cir. 1972)).