PIMENTEL
v.
STRENGTH20, LLC
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A non-natural person or artificial entity must appear in federal court through licensed counsel.
Plaintiffs moved for a clerk's default against defendant Global Strategies, which had filed a letter answer proceeding pro se. Global Strategies, an a…
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SAMS, RONALD THOMAS, and ANYEL DELGADO, individually and on behalf of others similarly situated,
Plaintiffs,
V.
STRENGTH20, LLC, GLOBAL STRATEGIES CONSULTANT GROUP, CORP., ROMMEL A.
ARIZA and FLORIDA STRUCTURAL GROUP, INC.,
Defendants.
Case No.: 2:23-cv-544-JLB-KCD
ORDER
Before the Court is Plaintiffs' Motion for Clerk's Default Against Defendant Global Strategies Consultant Group, Corp. for failure to respond to the second amended complaint. (Doc. 75.). Global Strategies, proceeding pro se, filed a letter answer to the second amended complaint. (Doc. 74.) But as previously explained, non-natural persons or artificial entities such as corporations, partnerships, and associations, may appear in federal court only through licensed counsel. Stronstorff v. Blake Med. Ctr., No. 8:01-CV-844- SDM-MSS, 2003 WL 21004734, *1 (M.D. Fla. Feb. 13, 2003); see also M.D. Fla. R. 2.02(b)(2).
The Court will allow Global Strategies another week to obtain counsel and respond. If it fails to do so, Plaintiffs may move for a clerk's default. For now, since Global Strategies still has time to obtain counsel and respond, the Court will moot the motion for clerk's default.
Accordingly, it is now ORDERED:
1. Defendant Global Strategies Consultant Group, Corp. must retain counsel and have counsel respond to the second amended complaint by February 21, 2024.
2. Plaintiffs' Motion for Clerk's Default Against Defendant Global Strategies Consultant Group, Corp. is denied as moot.
3. The Clerk is directed to strike Global Strategies' letter answer. (Doc. 74.)
ORDERED in Fort Myers, Florida on February 14, 2024.
Kyle C. Dudek United States Magistrate Judge
Copies: All Parties of Record
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