No Tan Lines Republik v. Anderson ( 2024 )

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 6 7 NO TAN LINES REPUBLIK, Case No. 2:24-cv-00870-GMN-NJK 8 Plaintiff(s), Order 9 v. 10 JIM ANDERSON, et al., 11 Defendant(s). 12 This case was initiated without an attorney by Plaintiff no Tan lines Republik, a non-profit 13 organization. Docket No. 1 at 2. 14 Although 28 USC § 1654 permits parties to plead their own cases personally, it does not 15 extend to non-individuals. Eagle Associates v. Bank of Montreal, 926 F.2d 1305, 1307 (2d 16 Cir.1991). “Corporations and other unincorporated associations must appear in court through an 17 attorney.” In re America West Airlines, 40 F.3d 1058, 1059 (9th Cir.1994). This requirement 18 applies to non-profits. See Multi Denominational Ministry of Cannabis & Rastafari, Inc. v. 19 Gonzales, 474 F. Supp. 2d 1133, 1141 (N.D. Cal. 2007); see also, e.g., Central Ore. Wild Horse 20 Coal. v. Vilsack, 2023 WL 5041934, at *1 (D. Ore. July 27, 2023) (quoting Her Oceans v. Cmty. 21 Outreach Behav. Servs., Inc., 2021 WL 3172914, at *1 (D. Id. July 27, 2021) (same). Failure by 22 a plaintiff to appear through an attorney in compliance with this requirement will result in 23 dismissal. See Your Personal Assistant, LLC v. T-Mobile USA, Inc., 2010 WL 11598045, at *4 24 (C.D. Cal. Sept. 21, 2010) (collecting cases); see also United States v. High Country Broad. Co., 25 3 F.3d 1244, 1245 (9th Cir. 1993) (finding entry of default judgment against non-compliant 26 defendant to be “perfectly appropriate”). 27 28 ] Accordingly, Plaintiff is hereby ORDERED to retain a licensed attorney and to have that attorney file a notice of appearance by June 13, 2024. Failure to comply with this order may 3] result in dismissal. 4 IT IS SO ORDERED. 5 Dated: May 13, 2024 6 fo A —— —., Nancy J> e 7 United States Magistrate Judge 8 9 10 1] 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28