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8 CLEVELAND HILL ENDOWMENT, INC., Case No. 2:21-cv-01207-APG-NJK 9 Plaintiff(s), Order 10 v.

11 ANDREW FLORES, et al., 12 Defendant(s). 13 Pending before the Court is a motion to proceed pro se. Docket No. 5.1 As the relief being 14 sought is not entirely clear, the motion will be DENIED without prejudice. 15 This case was initiated with a complaint identifying the Plaintiff as Cleveland Hill 16 Endowment, Inc. See Docket No. 1. Because corporations cannot proceed in federal court without 17 a licensed attorney, the Court then ordered Cleveland Hill Endowment to file a notice of 18 appearance of counsel. Docket No. 5 (citing United States v. High Country Broad. Co.,

1244, 1245 (9th Cir. 1993)). Rather than comply with that requirement, the instant motion was 20 filed indicating that it is actually Timothy Cleveland who is the Plaintiff in this case. Docket No. 21 5 at 1. The motion then relies on the procedures for intervention, although it appears that Mr. 22 Cleveland may be attempting to amend the claims to identify himself as the Plaintiff. See

23 Complicating matters further, it does not appear that Mr. Cleveland is the allegedly aggrieved party 24 identified in the complaint, as that instead appears to be his mother. See id. at 2 (identifying Mr. 25 Cleveland’s mother as “the Unit Owner”). Mr. Cleveland has not provided meaningful explanation 26 as to how he is able to bring suit on his mother’s behalf. Cf. Johns v. County of San Diego, 114 27 1 As the motion was filed by a non-attorney, the Court construes it liberally. Erickson v. 28 Pardus,

(2007). 1} F.3d 874, 876-77 (9th Cir. 1997) (addressing rule that a non-attorney may not represent another 2|) person in federal court, and holding that a parent or guardian cannot bring suit on behalf of a minor 3} child without retaining an attorney). 4 Given the above, the pending motion to proceed pro se is DENIED without prejudice. To the extent this case is to proceed with Cleveland Hill Endowment as the Plaintiff, then an 6|| appearance of counsel must be filed by October 5, 2021. To the extent this case is to proceed with 7| a natural person as the Plaintiff, then an amended complaint must be filed identifying that person 8] as the Plaintiff and providing the allegations necessary to state a claim. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 9} 15(a)(1)(B); see also Vanguard Outdoor, LLC vy. City of Los Angeles, 748 (9th Cir. 2011) (a party 10] may amend once as a matter of course when no Rule 12(b) motion or answer has been filed).” Any 11] such amended complaint must be filed by October 5, 2021. 12 IT IS SO ORDERED. 13 Dated: September 14, 2021 14 fo A Y — x = ~ Nancy J. Koppeé 15 United StatesMagistrate Judge 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 ? The Court cautions that an amended complaint must be complete in and of itself, as an ion complaint would supersede the complaint previously filed in the case. Local Rule 15-