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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 15:1125 Trademark Infringement (Lanham Act)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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GENERAL CHARLES “CHUCK” YEAGER,

(RET.) and GENERAL CHUCK YEAGER 

FOUNDATION,

Plaintiffs, NO. CIV. 2:08-00102 WBS JFM

v. AMENDED ORDER

CONNIE BOWLIN, ED BOWLIN, DAVID

MCFARLAND, AVIATION AUTOGRAPHS, a 

non-incorporated Georgia business 

entity, BOWLIN & ASSOCIATES, INC.,

a Georgia Corporation, SPALDING

SERVICES, INC., a Georgia 

Corporation, INTERNATIONAL

ASSOCIATION OF EAGLES, INC., an 

Alabama Corporation, and DOES 1 

to 100, inclusive, 

Defendants.

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On October 22, 2008, less than one month after he

substituted in as counsel for plaintiffs Charles Yeager and the

General Chuck Yeager Foundation, Inc. (“Foundation”), 

plaintiff’s new counsel moved to withdraw from representation. 

At a hearing on November 3, 2008, counsel for plaintiffs and

defendants appeared; however, neither Yeager nor a representative

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1 Plaintiffs’ Complaint does not indicate whether the

Foundation is a corporation; however, subsequent documents filed

by plaintiffs indicate that it is incorporated. 

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for the Foundation appeared. 

For reasons discussed at the hearing, the court grants

plaintiffs’ counsel’s motion to withdraw as counsel of record. 

Yeager is hereby substituted pro se. The Foundation may not

appear pro se as it is either a corporation1 or other type of

entity. See, e.g., D-Beam Ltd. P’ship v. Roller Derby Skates,

Inc., 366 F.3d 972, 974 (9th Cir. 2004) (recognizing “the

requirement that corporations and other entities be represented

by counsel”) (citation omitted). The Foundation, therefore, may

not appear or file any documents unless represented by new

counsel. 

As the only plaintiff that may appear is now proceeding

pro se, this matter is hereby referred pursuant to Eastern

District Local Rule 72-302(c) to Magistrate Judge John F. Moulds

for all further proceedings consistent with the applicable rules. 

For the reasons discussed at the hearing, the court also accepts

the parties’ stipulation to extend the time in which plaintiff

may file an amended complaint to December 3, 2008. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: November 14, 2008

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