Craig Thorner v. Sony Computer Entertainment

Case: 13-1329 Document: 14 Page: 1 Filed: 05/28/2013 NOTE: This order is nonprecedential. United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit __________________________ CRAIG THORNER AND VIRTUAL REALITY FEEDBACK CORPORATION, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT AMERICA, LLC, SONY ELECTRONICS, INC. AND RILEY RUSSELL, Defendants-Appellees, AND GREGORY S. GEWIRTZ AND LERNER DAVID LITTENBERG KRUMHOLZ & MENTLIK, LLP, Defendants-Appellees, AND LARRY C. RUSS, MARC A. FENSTER, AND RUSS AUGUST & KABAT, Defendants-Appellees, AND GLEN M. DIEHL AND DIEHL SERVILLA, LLC, Third Party Defendants-Appellees. __________________________ 2013-1329 __________________________ Case: 13-1329 Document: 14 Page: 2 Filed: 05/28/2013 CRAIG THORNER v. SONY COMPUTER ENTERTAINMENT 2 Appeal from the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey in No. 09-CV-1894, Judge Mary L. Cooper. __________________________ ON MOTION __________________________ ORDER Donald P. Jacobs moves to withdraw as counsel for Craig Thorner and Virtual Reality Feedback Corporation. Federal Circuit Rule 47.3(a) allows an individual to represent himself or herself, but prohibits a corporation, partnership, organization, or other legal entity from doing so. See Int’l Inst. for Fundamental Studies, Inc. v. United States, 222 Ct. Cl. 626, 630-31 (1980). Upon consideration thereof, It Is Ordered That: (1) The motion is granted. (2) New counsel for Virtual Reality Feedback Corpo- ration shall file an entry of appearance within 60 days of the date of this order. Craig Thorner must either apply to appeal pro se or have new counsel file an entry of appear- ance within 60 days of the date of this order. Failure to do so will result in dismissal of the appeal. (3) The appellants' opening brief is due within 120 days of the date of this order. FOR THE COURT /s/ Jan Horbaly Jan Horbaly Clerk s26