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4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 DISTRICT OF NEVADA 6 * * * 7 JOAL, LLC, Case No. 2:19-cv-01523-JCM-BNW 8 Plaintiff, 9 ORDER v. 10 TRAILBOSS ENTERPRISES, INC., 11 Defendant. 12 13 Presently before the court is attorney T. James Truman’s motion to withdraw as counsel 14 for Plaintiff JOAL, LLC. (ECF No. 21.) Mr. Truman represents that he is no longer employed by 15 JOAL, LLC. (Id. at 2.) 16 Having reviewed and considered the motion, and good cause appearing, the court will 17 grant the motion to withdraw and order Plaintiff JOAL, LLC to retain a new attorney if it intends 18 to move forward with this case.1 Plaintiff JOAL, LLC is advised that because it is a corporation, it 19 cannot represent itself and must be represented by an attorney in this action. See In re Am. W. 20 Airlines,

(9th Cir. 1994) (stating that “[c]orporations and other 21 unincorporated associations must appear in court through an attorney.”). Plaintiff JOAL, LLC is 22 further advised that failure to retain an attorney may result in the imposition of sanctions under 23 Local Rule IA 11-8, including a recommendation to the district judge that this case be dismissed. 24 25 26

27 1 The district judge assigned to this case previously granted Defendant’s motion to dismiss but gave Plaintiff leave to amend its complaint. (ECF No. 19.) To date, Plaintiff has not filed an amended 1 IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that Mr. Truman’s motion to withdraw as counsel for 2 || JOAL, LLC (ECF No. 21) is GRANTED. 3 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Mr. Truman must serve a copy of this order on Plaintiff 4 || JOAL, LLC and must file proof of that service by April 29, 2020. 5 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that on or before May 15, 2020, Plaintiff JOAL, LLC must 6 || retain a new attorney and that attorney must file a notice of appearance in this case. 4 8 DATED: April 14, 2020 ° Kx pr la Are 10 BRENDA WEKSLER UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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