NOT FOR PUBLICATION

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF NEW JERSEY

: STEPHEN I. O.1, : : Civil Action No. Petitioner, : 20-13153 (JMV) : v. : OPINION & ORDER : WILLIAM ANDERSON, : : Respondent. : :

VAZQUEZ, District Judge: Before the Court are Angelina Nkoli Okwuego’s motions for an injunction and to vacate immigration proceedings. (D.E. 13, 14.) Mrs. Okwuego is not a party in this case, and she is not an attorney. Rather, she is the Petitioner’s wife. As Mrs. Okwuego is not a party in this case, she may not file motions of this type or seek injunctive relief in this Court. See, e.g., Dail v. City of Goldsboro, No. 10-451,

, at *1 (E.D.N.C. June 9, 2011). To the extent she is attempting to represent her husband’s interests, Mrs. Okwuego, as a layperson, cannot represent another party or file motions on behalf of her husband. See, e.g., Schlemmer v. Cent. Intelligence Agency,

, 128 (3d Cir. 2020) (holding that a “non-attorney cannot represent another party”). For those reasons, the Court will deny Mrs. Okwuego’s motions. Accordingly, IT IS, on this 7th day of January 2021,

1 The Petitioner is identified herein only by his first name and the first initials of his surnames in order to address certain privacy concerns associated with § 2241 immigration cases. The identification of Petitioner in this manner comports with recommendations made by the Judicial Conference of the United States’ Committee on Court Administration and Case Management. ORDERED that Mrs. Okwuego’s motion for an injunction and motion to vacate immigration proceedings, (D.E. 13, 14.), are DENIED; and it is further ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall serve a copy of this Opinion and Order on Petitioner and Mrs. Okwuego by regular U.S. mail. \ on , Qe We ZN | JOHN MICHAEL VAZQUEZ United States District Judge