USDC SDNY DOCUMENT UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT □□□ AY BILED SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK x DATE FILED: 9/8/2023. CA ORGANIZASYON MATBAACILIK : TURIZM REKLAM GIDA TIC. LTD. STI. : : 1:23-cv-6717-GHW Plaintiff, : : ORDER -v - : JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, NA, Defendant. :

one KX GREGORY H. WOODS, United States District Judge: During a telephone conference on September 8, 2023, Robert Shapiro, the attorney who filed the complaint in this action on behalf of Plaintiff in New York Supreme Court, State of New York, represented that he does not currently represent Plaintiff in this action and that Plaintiff is not represented by other counsel. Plaintiff is a corporation, and therefore may not proceed in this action pro se. 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) (“[]]t is well established that a layperson may not represent a corporation.”). If counsel for Plaintiff has not entered a notice of appearance by September 12, 2023, the Court will understand that Plaintiff has chosen to discontinue this htigation, and expects to dismiss the case for failure to prosecute.

SO ORDERED. Dated: September 8, 2023 New York, New York GREK mR Wt WOODS United States District Judge