OUINIT DOCUMENT ELECTRONICALLY FILED UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DO ce ONIC SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK x DATE FILED: 1/2/2020 BLACKCROWN INC., : Plaintiff, : -against- : 1:19-cv-11578-GHW CHARLES SCHWAB & CO. INC., : ORDER Defendant. :

GREGORY H. WOODS, United States District Judge: The Court dismisses this action swa sponte without prejudice because Plaintiff BlackCrown Inc. is not represented by counsel. Corporate entities—such as BlackCrown Inc.—must appear before the Court through counsel. See Rowland v. California Men’s Colony,

(1993) (“It has been the law for the better part of two centuries ... that a corporation may appear in the federal courts only through licensed counsel.”); Pridgen v. Anresen,

, 393 (2d Cir. 1997) (“[I]t is well established that a layperson may not represent a corporation.”). In other words, BlackCrown Inc. must retain an attorney should it wish to prosecute this case. Because BlackCrown Inc. has attempted to proceed with this action pro se, it must be dismissed. The Clerk of Court is directed to close this case.

SO ORDERED. Dated: January 2, 2020 a. Wl Dued— New York, New York GRE H. WOODS United States District Judge