Boiling Crab Franchise Co LLC v. Global Seafoods North America LLC

1 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON 2 AT SEATTLE BOILING CRAB FRANCHISE CO., LLC, a California limited liability company, 5 Plaintiff, C24-2122 TSZ 6 v. MINUTE ORDER GLOBAL SEAFOODS NORTH AMERICA LLC, a Washington limited liability company, 9 Defendant.

The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable Thomas S. Zilly, United States District Judge: (1) The motion to appear pro se, docket no. 6, is DENIED. “It is a longstanding rule that ‘[c]orporations and other unincorporated associations must appear in court through an attorney.’” D-Beam Ltd. P’ship v. Roller Derby Skates, Inc., 366 13 F.3d 972, 973–74 (9th Cir. 2004) (quoting In re Am. W. Airlines, 40 F.3d 1058, 1059 (9th Cir. 1994)). Accordingly, Defendant Global Seafoods North America, LLC cannot appear “pro se”. The three other pending motions, docket nos. 5, 14, and 15, are STRICKEN AS INVALID. See D-Beam Ltd. P’ship, 40 F.3d at 1059 n.1 (concluding that the plaintiff’s “‘pro se pleadings’ are ‘not even valid’” where the plaintiff was a limited partnership). Defendant must appear in this case through an attorney within 30 days of this Minute Order.

17 (2) The Clerk is directed to send a copy of this Minute Order to all counsel of record and Oleg Nikitenko, Defendant’s registered agent. See Motion at 2 (docket no. 6).

Dated this 18th day of February, 2025.

20 Ravi Subramanian Clerk s/Laurie Cuaresma 22 Deputy Clerk