Carino Mendoza v. Quattro Gatti Restaurant Inc.
- John Cronan
- 1:22-cv-03136
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Carino Mendoza v. Quattro Gatti, Judge Cronan extended Quattro’s deadline to retain counsel and warned that default procedures would follow.
Quattro Gatti Restaurant Inc. must retain a lawyer by February 8, 2023, or the plaintiff must seek a Clerk’s Certificate of Default by February 14, 2023.
What happened
In Carino Mendoza v. Quattro Gatti Restaurant Inc., the court addressed Quattro’s failure to obtain a new lawyer after its previous lawyer was allowed to withdraw. The court had previously explained that a corporation cannot represent itself in federal court.
The deadline to retain new counsel passed, but the docket did not show that a new attorney had appeared for Quattro. The court extended the deadline to February 8, 2023.
Judge Cronan ordered that, if Quattro again failed to retain counsel, the plaintiff must seek a Clerk’s Certificate of Default by February 14, 2023.
The detailed version
- Carino Mendoza v. Quattro Gatti Restaurant Inc. · No. 1:22-cv-03136
- John Cronan
- Jan. 30, 2023
Background
On December 16, 2022, the Court granted counsel for Defendant Quattro Gatti Restaurant Inc. permission to withdraw. The Court directed Quattro to retain new counsel by January 27, 2023, and stated that a corporation may not proceed in federal court without a licensed lawyer.
That deadline passed, and the docket did not show that a new attorney had appeared for Quattro.
Order
The Court extended Quattro’s deadline to retain new counsel until February 8, 2023. If Quattro failed again to meet the deadline, the Court directed Plaintiff to seek a Clerk’s Certificate of Default by February 14, 2023. The order addressed counsel and potential default procedures; it did not decide the merits of the underlying dispute.
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