Opinion ID: 6332848
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Heading: Mesh Suture’s Claims

Text: Mr. Schwartz’s remaining arguments are advanced on behalf of Mesh Suture. See Aplt. Br. at 19 (claiming that district court never acquired personal jurisdiction over Mesh Suture); id. at 20 (“The District Court erred in refusing to treat Mesh Suture, Inc. as a legitimate . . . party-claimant.”); id. at 20–21 (claiming denial of Mesh Suture’s due-process rights and violations of the bankruptcy-court automatic stay); id. at 24–26 (raising due-process and equal-protection arguments for Mesh Suture). But the magistrate judge denied Mr. Schwartz’s motion to appear on Mesh Suture’s behalf. In his opening brief Mr. Schwartz asserts that Mesh Suture was denied “the right to legal representation,” id. at 21, but otherwise presents no argument (reasoned or otherwise) explaining how the magistrate judge erred in preventing him from representing Mesh Suture given that this entire dispute is fundamentally about who controls the company. We decline to revisit the magistrate judge’s resolution of this issue. See Adler v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., 144 F.3d 664, 679 (10th Cir. 1998) (“Arguments inadequately briefed in the opening brief are waived.”). Because Mr. Schwartz was not authorized to represent Mesh Suture, the appeal he entered on its behalf must be dismissed. See J.J. Rissell, Allentown, PA Trust v. Marchelos, 976 F.3d 1233, 1236 (11th Cir. 2020) (“When an appeal is taken on behalf of an artificial entity by someone without legal authority to do so, the appeal should be dismissed.”). 27 Appellate Case: 21-1262 Document: 010110672787 Date Filed: 04/19/2022 Page: 28