Sundby v. Myers

Opinion

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 DALE SUNDBY, Trustee,, Case No.: 19-CV-0390-GPC-AHG 21-CV-2013-GPC-AHG 12 Plaintiff, 13 v. ORDER DENYING EX PARTE MOTIONS TO ADD AND DROP 14 MARQUEE FUNDING GROUP, et al., PARTIES PURSUANT TO 15 Defendants. FEDERAL RULE OF CIVIL PROCEDURE 21 16 [ECF Nos. 330 & 38] 17 18 On April 5, 2023, Plaintiff Dale Sundby, appearing pro se on behalf of a trust, filed 19 ex parte motions seeking to add and drop parties under Federal Rules of Civil 20 Procedure 19(a) and 21. Case No. 19-cv-390 ECF No. 330 at 6–7; Case No. 21-cv-2013 21 ECF No. 38 at 6–7. He did not call the Court’s clerk in advance of filing the motion to 22 obtain a hearing date in accord with Civil Local Rule 7.1.b. See ECF No. 330 at 1 (no 23 hearing date listed). Nor does it appear by affidavit or declaration that Sundby complied 24 with Civil Local Rule 83.3.g concerning ex parte motions and orders. See ECF No. 330 25 (absence). Finally, “[a] trustee may not represent a trust pro se in federal court.” Sundby 26 v. Marquee Funding Grp., Inc., Nos. 21-55504 & 21-55582, 2022 WL 4826445, at *1 (9th 27 1 1 || Cir. Oct. 3, 2022). For these reasons, the Court hereby DENIES the ex parte motions to 2 and drop parties. 3 IT IS SO ORDERED. 4 5 ||Dated: April 28, 2023 Carseto C4 6 Hon. athe Cee 7 United States District Judge 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 91.GV.2013.-GPC-AHG