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S.D.N.Y.Procedural orderFiled July 7, 2021

Field v. Exponential Wealth Inc.

Judge
John Koeltl
Docket
1:21-cv-01990
Court
U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
Pages
1
Civil ProcedurePro Se
In one sentence

In Field v. Exponential Wealth Inc., Magistrate Judge Sarah L. Cave extended defendants’ response deadline and warned the company it must appear through counsel.

Who this affects

Defendants that had not already responded to the complaint, especially Exponential Wealth Inc.

What happened

In Field v. Exponential Wealth Inc., the court addressed the deadline for defendants to respond to the complaint. The order applies to any defendant that had not already responded.

The court extended that deadline to July 30, 2021. It also advised Exponential Wealth Inc. that a corporation cannot represent itself without a lawyer and that failing to appear through counsel could lead to a default judgment.

Magistrate Judge Sarah L. Cave issued the order on July 7, 2021. The order did not decide the underlying claims.

The detailed version

For law students, journalists, and other readers who want the full reasoning

Case
Field v. Exponential Wealth Inc. · No. 1:21-cv-01990
Judge
John Koeltl
Date
July 7, 2021

What the order did

The court extended until July 30, 2021, the deadline for any defendant that had not already responded to the complaint.

Warning to Exponential Wealth Inc.

The order advised Exponential Wealth Inc. that corporations cannot represent themselves without counsel. It further warned that failing to appear through a lawyer could result in entry of a default judgment, meaning judgment could be entered because a party failed to respond or participate as required.

Disposition

United States Magistrate Judge Sarah L. Cave entered this scheduling and appearance order. The opinion does not decide the claims in the complaint or state that default judgment was entered.

The authoritative version

Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.

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