context: Under this rule, a corporation is not permitted to appear pro se. Numerous cases have considered and affirmed this principle.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.parenthetical: dismissing a corporation's appeal because the notice of appeal was not signed by an attorney
citation_a.sentence: See, e.g., Plimpton v. Cooper, 141 F.Supp.2d 573, 575 (W.D.N.C.2001) (dismissing claims brought pro se on behalf of a corporation based on lack of licensed counsel), aff'd, 21 Fed.Appx. 159 (4th Cir.2001); Carrico v. Village of Sugar Mountain, 114 F.Supp.2d 422, 424 (W.D.N.C.2000) (holding that a corporate plaintiffs claims must be dismissed on the ground of failure of any attorney to appear for the corporation), aff'd, 13 Fed.Appx. 79 (4th Cir.2001); Microsoft Corp. v. Computer Serv. & Repair, Inc., 312 F.Supp.2d 779, 782 (E.D.N.C.2004) (striking a corporation’s pleadings where they were signed by the corporation’s president but not by an attorney); Gilley v. Shoffher, 345 F.Supp.2d 563, 566 (M.D.N.C.2004); see also Battle v. Kadosh, Inc., 238 F.3d 410 (unpublished), 2000 WL 1793066 (4th Cir.2000) (dismissing a corporation’s appeal because the notice of appeal was not signed by an attorney).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.parenthetical: dismissing claims brought pro se on behalf of a corporation based on lack of licensed counsel
citation_b.sentence: See, e.g., Plimpton v. Cooper, 141 F.Supp.2d 573, 575 (W.D.N.C.2001) (dismissing claims brought pro se on behalf of a corporation based on lack of licensed counsel), aff'd, 21 Fed.Appx. 159 (4th Cir.2001); Carrico v. Village of Sugar Mountain, 114 F.Supp.2d 422, 424 (W.D.N.C.2000) (holding that a corporate plaintiffs claims must be dismissed on the ground of failure of any attorney to appear for the corporation), aff'd, 13 Fed.Appx. 79 (4th Cir.2001); Microsoft Corp. v. Computer Serv. & Repair, Inc., 312 F.Supp.2d 779, 782 (E.D.N.C.2004) (striking a corporation’s pleadings where they were signed by the corporation’s president but not by an attorney); Gilley v. Shoffher, 345 F.Supp.2d 563, 566 (M.D.N.C.2004); see also Battle v. Kadosh, Inc., 238 F.3d 410 (unpublished), 2000 WL 1793066 (4th Cir.2000) (dismissing a corporation’s appeal because the notice of appeal was not signed by an attorney).