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Nature of Suit Code: 190
Nature of Suit: Other Contract Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1441 Petition for Removal- Breach of Contract

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

Herbal Quest LLC,

 Plaintiff,

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W.F. Young, Inc., et al.,

 Defendants.

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No. CV-11-1263-PHX-PGR

 

 ORDER

 

Having reviewed the Motion to Withdraw as Counsel With Consent (doc.

17), filed by counsel for plaintiff Herbal Quest, LLC with the written permission of

Kyle Thiboult, Herbal Quest’s president, the Court finds that the motion should be

granted pursuant to LRCiv 83.3(b)(1).

The withdrawal of Herbal Quest’s counsel without substitution of new

counsel means that the plaintiff, a limited liability company, is no longer properly

before the Court, In re Highley, 459 F.2d 554, 555-56 (9th Cir. 1972), since it is

well-established that a corporation or a partnership or any other type of

unincorporated association may only appear in federal court through a

licensed attorney. Rowland v. California Men's Colony, 506 U.S. 194, 201-02,

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S.Ct. 716, 721 (1993); In re America West Airlines, 40 F.3d 1058 (9th Cir.1994);

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 The plaintiff is advised that, pursuant to the Court’s order adopting the

parties’ stipulation, its responses to the pending motions to dismiss are due no

later than August 18, 2011.

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Lattanzio v. Comta, 481 F.3d 137, 140 (2nd Cir.2007) (“Because both a

partnership and a corporation must appear through licensed counsel, and

because a limited liability company is a hybrid of the partnership and corporate

forms ... a limited liability company also may appear in federal court only through

a licensed attorney. Other courts that have addressed this issue have reached

similar conclusions.”). Plaintiff Herbal Quest is advised that the Court will not

permit it to file any document or appear in any proceeding in this action

through any managing member or any other non-attorney, and that this

action will be dismissed if it does not timely obtain new counsel licensed to

practice before this Court. United States v. High Country Broadcasting Co.,

Inc., 3 F.3d 1244, 1245 (9th Cir.1993). Therefore,

IT IS ORDERED that the Motion to Withdraw as Counsel With Consent

(Doc. 17) is granted and that Charles E. Runyan and the law firm of Gallagher &

Kennedy, P.A. are withdrawn as counsel for plaintiff Herbal Quest, LLC.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that plaintiff Herbal Quest, LLC shall have

through August 15, 2011 in which to obtain new counsel licensed to practice

before this Court and to have that counsel file a notice of appearance in this

action.1

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that the Clerk of the Court shall mail a copy of

this Order to plaintiff Herbal Quest, LLC, 13940 W. Meeker Blvd., Suite 115 #205,

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Sun City West, AZ 85375.

DATED this 20th day of July, 2011.

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