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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Pending before the Court is a Motion to Substitute Raymond Mobrez (Doc. 48) as counsel in place of Hartwell Harris for Defendants Raymond Mobrez and Iliana Llaneras and Asia Economic Institute, LLC. The Court will grant in part and deny in part the motion for the following reasons. Raymond Mobrez is permitted to substitute in as counsel for himself. Nevertheless, since he is not an attorney he will not be permitted to substitute for either Iliana Llaneras or the Asia Economic Institute, L.L.C. Only licensed attorneys may represent a corporation or L.L.C. in federal court. Rowland v. Cal. Mens Colony, Unit II Mens Advisory Counsel, 506 U.S. 194, 201-202 (1993) (It has been the law for the better part of two centuries . . . that a corporation may appear in federal courts only through licensed counsel.) (citing Osborn v. President of Bank of U.S., 9 Wheat. 738, 829, 6 L.Ed. 204 (1824)); D-Beam Ltd. Pship v. Roller Derby Skates, Xcentric Ventures LLC, an Arizona) ) limited liability company, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) Lisa Jean Borodkin; Daniel Blackert; Asia) Economic Institute LLC; Raymond) Mobrez; Iliana Llaneras; Does 1-10,) ) inclusive, ) ) Defendants. ) No. CV-11-1426-PHX-GMS ORDER IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA

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Inc., 366 F.3d 972, 973-74 (9th Cir. 2004) (It is a longstanding rule that corporations and other unincorporated associations must appear in court through an attorney.) (alteration and citation omitted); In re Am. W. Airlines, 40 F.3d 1058, 1059 (9th Cir. 1994) (Corporations and other unincorporated associations must appear in court through an attorney.); United States v. High Country Broad. Co., 3 F.3d 1244, 1245 (9th Cir. 1993) (holding that a corporations president and sole shareholder could not make an end run around the counsel requirement by intervening pro se rather than retaining counsel to represent the corporation) (citing 28 U.S.C. 1654). Therefore, IT IS ORDERED granting in part and denying in part the Motion to Substitute (Doc. 48). Hartwell Harris of Law Office of Hartwell Harris is withdrawn as counsel of record for Defendant Raymond Mobrez. He remains counsel of record for Defendants Iliana Llaneras and Asia Economics Institute, L.L.C. DATED this 9th day of January, 2012.

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