Sundby v. Marquee Funding Group, Inc.

8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA DALE SUNDBY, Trustee,, Case No.: 19-CV-0390-GPC-AHG 21-CV-2013-GPC-AHG 12 Plaintiff, v. ORDER DENYING EX PARTE MOTIONS FOR MANDATORY MARQUEE FUNDING GROUP, et al., JOINDER UNDER FED. R. CIV. 15 Defendants. P. 19(a) [ECF Nos. 331 & 39] On April 10, 2023, Plaintiff Dale Sundby, appearing pro se on behalf of a trust, filed ex parte motions seeking mandatory joinder of parties under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 19(a). Case No. 19-cv-390 ECF No. 331; Case No. 21-cv-2013 ECF No. 39.

He did not call the Court’s clerk in advance of filing the motion to obtain a hearing date in accord with Civil Local Rule 7.1.b. See ECF No. 331 at 1 (no hearing date listed). Nor does it appear by affidavit or declaration that Sundby complied with Civil Local Rule 83.3.g concerning ex parte motions and orders. See ECF No. 331 (absence). Finally, “[a] trustee may not represent a trust pro se in federal court.” Sundby v. Marquee Funding Grp., Inc., Nos. 21-55504 & 21-55582, 2022 WL 4826445, at *1 (9th Cir. Oct. 3, 2022). For 27 1 || these reasons, the Court hereby DENIES the ex parte motions for mandatory joinder under || Rule 19(a).

3 IT IS SO ORDERED.

4 ||Dated: April 28, 2023 Carseto C4 5 Hon. the Coke 6 United States District Judge 28 91.GV.2013.-GPC-AHG