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Parties Involved:
Netcirq, LLC
Defendant
Securities And Exchange Commission
Plaintiff

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION,

Plaintiff,

v.

NETCIRQ, LLC,

Defendant.

Case No. 15-mc-80289-KAW 

ORDER STRIKING RESPONDENT'S 

REPLY TO THE APPLICATION TO 

ENFORCE COMPLIANCE WITH 

ADMINISTRATIVE SUBPOENA

Re: Dkt. No. 8

On November 25, 2015, the Securities and Exchange Commission (the “Commission”) 

applied for a court order commanding Respondent NetCirq, LLC’s (“NetCirq”) compliance with 

the Commission’s administrative subpoena issued in the course of its ongoing, nonpublic 

investigation. (Dkt. No. 1.) Pursuant to an agreement of the parties, the deadline for Respondent 

to file an opposition was January 27, 2016, and the hearing was continued to February 18, 2016. 

(Dkt. No. 5 at 2 n. 2.) NetCirq did not file a timely opposition. 

On February 16, 2016, Kristen Wade,1 CEO of NetCirq, filed a reply brief on behalf of the 

corporation. At the February 18, 2016 hearing, Ms. Wade admitted that she is not an attorney. 

Corporations must appear through an attorney licensed to practice in the jurisdiction. See, e.g., DBeam Ltd. P'ship v. Roller Derby Skates, Inc., 366 F.3d 972, 973 (9th Cir. 2004). Since NetCirq 

cannot represent itself, and Ms. Wade is not licensed to practice in the Northern District of 

California, her reply brief must be stricken, and the Court does so on its own motion. See Dr. JKL 

Ltd. v. HPC IT Educ. Ctr., 749 F. Supp. 2d 1038, 1048 (N.D. Cal. 2010).

 

1 At the hearing, Ms. Wade informed the Court that her name was now Kristen Ayer.

Notwithstanding, she filed the reply brief as “Kristen Wade,” so, for the purposes of this order, the 

undersigned will refer to her as Ms. Wade.

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The Government shall serve a copy of this order on Ms. Wade.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 22, 2016

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KANDIS A. WESTMORE

United States Magistrate Judge

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