Moody v. Inspire Summits LLC
- Sarah Cave
- 1:20-cv-05834
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Moody v. Inspire Summits LLC, Judge Woods denied defendants’ deadline extension because the LLC lacked counsel and ordered service of the order.
The order affected Inspire Summits LLC and Christopher P. by denying the requested extension, and directed B. Moody and K. O’Brien to serve the order on all defendants.
What happened
Moody v. Inspire Summits LLC concerns the defendants’ request to extend their deadline to answer or otherwise respond to the complaint. The request was submitted without a lawyer for Inspire Summits LLC.
The court denied the requested extension because a company cannot represent itself in court. The order also directed the plaintiffs to serve a copy on all defendants and keep proof of service.
Judge Gregory H. Woods issued the order on December 8, 2020.
The detailed version
- Moody v. Inspire Summits LLC · No. 1:20-cv-05834
- Sarah Cave
- Dec. 8, 2020
Background
The court reviewed a December 7, 2020 status letter and proposed stipulation submitted by plaintiffs’ counsel. The parties requested an extension of the deadline for the defendants to answer or otherwise respond to the complaint.
Ruling
The court denied the request. It stated that corporate defendants cannot represent themselves in court and declined to enter a request made by Inspire Summits LLC without counsel. The opinion does not state whether Christopher P. had counsel.
The court directed the plaintiffs to serve a copy of the order on all defendants and retain proof of service.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.