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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Other Contract

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TERRAFUSION INTERNATIONAL, INC., 

et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

TERRAFUSION, INC., et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 15-cv-02993-RS 

ORDER STRIKING ANSWER FILED

BY MARK CUKIER

On February 9, 2017, the Court received a document from Mark Cukier entitled “Answers 

for the Purpose of Defending Mark Cukier and Demanding Trial By Jury.” In that document, Mr. 

Cukier purports to “deny each and every allegation in the complaint brought against [him].” Mr.

Cukier, however, is not named in the complaint. Moreover, Defendants answered the complaint 

more than one and a half years ago and the time to file an answer has long passed. See Fed. R. 

Civ. P. 12. In any event, the defendants named in the complaint are corporate entities and, as the 

Court has now made abundantly clear, Mr. Cukier may not represent them. See Dkt. No. 44 

(citing United States v. High Country Broad. Co., 3 F.3d 1244, 1245 (9th Cir. 1993) (“A 

corporation may appear in federal court only through licensed counsel.”); Dkt. No. 51 (same); Dkt. 

No. 55 (same). Accordingly, Mr. Cukier’s “Answer” is hereby stricken. Pursuant to the order 

granting Zvi Silver’s motion to withdraw as counsel, Mr. Silver is directed to forward this order to 

Defendants. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 9, 2017

______________________________________

RICHARD SEEBORG

United States District Judge

Case 3:15-cv-02993-RS Document 56 Filed 02/09/17 Page 1 of 1