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Nature of Suit Code: 850
Nature of Suit: Securities, Commodities, Exchange
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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Case No. C 10-1283 JF (HRL)

ORDER DENYING APPLICATION FOR TEMPORARY INJUNCTIVE RELIEF

(JFLC3)

**E-Filed 3/30/2010**

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

TUAN HAI DANG, et al.,

 Plaintiffs,

 v.

HSBC BANK USA; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC

REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; EXECUTIVE

TRUSTEE SERVICES, LLC; and GMAC

MORTGAGE, LLC, 

 Defendants.

Case Number C 10-1283 JF (HRL)

ORDER DENYING APPLICATION 1

FOR TEMPORARY INJUNCTIVE

RELIEF

[Re: Document No. 1 ]

On March 26, 2010, purporteding to act on behalf of the Plaintiffs, William Bullock

Stewart III (“Stewart”) filed a complaint in the above-entitled action. To the extent that the

complaint, which seeks immediate injunctive relief, is intended as an application for a temporary

restraining order (“TRO”), the application will be denied. 

Stewart is not a party to this action. Because he is not an attorney, he cannot lawfully act

as such on behalf of Plaintiffs. While statutes that permit private citizens to act as private

attorneys general enable citizens to act as plaintiffs on behalf of the public interest in certain

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Case No. C 10-1283 JF (HRL)

ORDER DENYING APPLICATION FOR TEMPORARY INJUNCTIVE RELIEF

(JFLC3)

cases, they do not authorize the unlicensed practice of law. Moreover, none of the Plaintiffs’

signatures appears anywhere on the complaint or on the applications to proceed in forma

pauperis.

The application for relief is DENIED.

DATED: 3/30/2010

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JEREMY FOGEL

United States District Judge

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