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Nature of Suit Code: 380
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Property Damage
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Breach of Fiduciary Duty

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United States District Court 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

CHARLOTTE B. MILLINER, et al.,

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

BOCK EVANS FINANCIAL 

COUNSEL, LTD., 

Defendant. 

Case No. 15-cv-01763-TEH 

ORDER TERMINATING 

DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO STAY 

 

 On February 3, 2016, this Court granted Shustak Reynolds & Partners, P.C.’s 

Motion to Withdraw as Counsel for Defendant Bock Evans Financial Counsel, Ltd. (“Bock 

Evans”). Dkt. No. 57. In that Order, the Court granted Bock Evans 30 days – or until 

March 4, 2016 – to find substitute counsel, or else have its answer stricken and default 

entered against it. Id. at 4. On March 1, 2016, upon motion by Bock Evans, the Court 

extended this deadline by 45 days – or until April 18, 2016. Dkt. No. 59. 

 Instead of meeting this deadline, Bock Evans filed a motion to stay these 

proceedings. Dkt. No. 61. This filing is improper because Bock Evans remains 

unrepresented, and corporations may not appear in federal court except by counsel. Civ. 

L.R. 3-9(b); Rowland v. Cal. Men’s Colony, 506 U.S. 194, 202 (1993). The Court has 

already stricken Bock Evans’s answer and entered default against it, Dkt. No. 66, which 

Bock Evans was warned (multiple times) would happen if it did not secure counsel by the 

(extended) April 18, 2016 deadline. The Court now also terminates Bock Evans’s 

improperly filed motion to stay. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: 06/27/16 _____________________________________ 

THELTON E. HENDERSON 

United States District Judge 

Case 3:15-cv-01763-JD Document 67 Filed 06/27/16 Page 1 of 1