Greek Farms International, LLC v. Alpha Pro Inc.
- Edgardo Ramos
- 1:20-cv-07076
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Greek Farms International v. Alpha Pro, Judge Ramos ordered status reports and told Alpha Pro to obtain counsel or risk default.
Greek Farms International, LLC, Alpha Pro Inc., and Andreas Kasotis; Alpha Pro was directed to obtain counsel, and both parties were directed to file a joint status report.
What happened
In Greek Farms International, LLC v. Alpha Pro Inc., the court held a hearing about Greek Farms’ request for a default judgment. The court then received a report stating that Alpha Pro’s former lawyer no longer represented the defendants but had informed Andreas Kasotis about the case.
Kasotis filed a notice showing that he was representing himself. The court directed the parties to file a joint status report by April 28, 2021. It also ordered Alpha Pro Inc. to have a lawyer appear by April 23, 2021, warning that the company could otherwise be at risk of being held in default.
Judge Edgardo Ramos did not decide the request for a default judgment in this order. Instead, he issued the reporting and lawyer-appearance directives.
The detailed version
- Greek Farms International, LLC v. Alpha Pro Inc. · No. 1:20-cv-07076
- Edgardo Ramos
- Apr. 16, 2021
Background
On April 8, 2021, the court held a hearing requiring the defendants to explain why Greek Farms International, LLC’s motion for a default judgment should not be granted. The court instructed Greek Farms to contact the defendants’ former attorney and file a status report by April 15, 2021.
Greek Farms’s April 15 status report stated that the former attorney had not been retained to represent the defendants in this case, but had informed defendant Andreas Kasotis about the action. Kasotis filed a notice of appearance representing himself on April 15, 2021.
Order
Because Kasotis had appeared, the court instructed the parties to submit a joint status report by April 28, 2021. The court also directed that a lawyer appear for Alpha Pro Inc. within one week of the order, no later than April 23, 2021. The court warned that Alpha Pro could otherwise be at risk of being held in default, citing the rule that a corporation may not represent itself without counsel.
Disposition
The order did not grant or deny Greek Farms’s motion for a default judgment. It addressed the parties’ status and Alpha Pro’s need to obtain counsel. Judge Edgardo Ramos signed the order on April 16, 2021.
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