Knoefler v. United Bank of Bismarck
Opinion of the Court
Each of the appellants seeks to appeal each of three separate judgments rendered in the United States District Court
We dismiss the appeals in Nos. 93-1858 and 93-1859 for the reason that those appeals are brought by the trustees of “Crouse 05-27K” and “Golden Honey” or “Knoefler Honey Farms (a Trust)” acting pro se. None of the appellant trusts is represented in this court by a licensed member of the bar. Both the notices of appeal and the briefs in these appeals were signed by trust
We also dismiss No. 93-1844 brought by Ray Knoefler, an individual. While Mr. Knoefler does not suffer from the same legal disability as the purported trustees, he cannot appeal the district court’s judgment in the wrongful levy suit because he was never a party to it. Nor can he appeal the judgment entered in the insurance proceeds interpleader case because he never made a claim in the district court to any of the insurance proceeds. (See Appellee United States of America’s Adden., order of the district court, March 1, 1993, determining proper parties.) While he was a named individual defendant in the declaratory judgment action and is entitled to take a pro se appeal from the judgment dismissing that case as moot, all of the arguments he makes in his pro se brief are directed to the issues raised in either the wrongful levy or interpleader actions. He makes no attack on the mootness determination, a dismissal which was to his advantage. Knoefler’s attempt in his reply brief to “concede” that the “trusts” are really his “alter egoes [sic]” or nominees is belied by the fact that the purported “trasteéis) pro se” continue in their attempts to represent the trusts by signing and submitting the reply brief.
Accordingly, these appeals are dismissed.
. The HONORABLE PATRICK A. CONMY, United States District Judge for the District of North Dakota.
Reference
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- Ray KNOEFLER and Ray Knoefler, d/b/a Knoefler Honey Farms v. UNITED BANK OF BISMARCK and United States of America, Appellees Golden HONEY, By and Through Greg SHEPHERD, Trustee v. UNITED BANK OF BISMARCK and United States of America, Appellees CROUSE 05-27K, By and Through Bob J. SMITH v. UNITED BANK OF BISMARCK and United States of America
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