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Nature of Suit Code: 840
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 15:1125 Trademark Infringement (Lanham Act)

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GEORGE WILLIAMS, III, TRUSTEE,

Plaintiff, 

vs. No. CIV S-08-0437 FCD KJM PS

JAMES GOODLOE, et al.,

Defendants. ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE

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Plaintiff, as trustee, has filed pro se a trademark infringement action. 

Unincorporated associations, including trusts, must appear in court through a licensed attorney. 

See Rowland v. California Men's Colony 506 U.S. 194, 202, 113 S.Ct. 716, 721(1993); C.E.

Pope Equity Trust v. United States, 818 F.2d 696, 697 (9th Cir. 1987). See also Church of the

New Testament v. United States, 783 F.2d 771, 772 (9th Cir. 1987). Likewise, a trustee may not

appear pro se as a trust’s legal representative. C.E. Pope, 818 F.2d at 697 (dismissing complaint

signed only by nonlawyer trustee). 

 Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that within twenty days, plaintiff shall

show cause, in writing, why this case should not be dismissed for the failure of plaintiff to

appear in court represented by a licensed attorney.

DATED: February 29, 2008. 

006/williams.osc

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