Fintech Innovations Associates LLC

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04/11/23
MAIL RETURNED, for document # 19, 20 sent to Fintech Innovations Associates ZLLC returned as undeliverable, return to sender. Attorney contacted and directed to file a Notification of Change of Address with the Clerk's Office. Re-mailed to Matthew Michael Wawrzyn Wawrzyn LLC 200 East Randolph Street Suite 5100 Chicago, IL 60601 (smb, ) (Entered: 04/11/2023)
03/30/23
MAIL RETURNED, for document # 34, 35 returned as undeliverable, return to sender. No new contact information received; therefore future mailings will not be sent until a new address is provided to the Clerk's Office using a Notification of Change of Address or Pro Se Appearance form (gcy, ) (Entered: 03/30/2023)
03/24/23
MAIL RETURNED, for document # 19, 20 sent to Fintech Innovations Associates LLC returned as undeliverable, return to sender. No new contact information received; however the document will be mailed a second time. (aee, ) (Entered: 03/24/2023)
03/14/23
ENTERED JUDGMENT Signed by the courtroom deputy on 03/14/2023. Mailed notice (mw, ) (Entered: 03/14/2023)
03/14/23
MINUTE entry before the Honorable Edmond E. Chang: On review of the status report filed by the Defendant, R. 33, and on review of the docket, the case is dismissed with prejudice for lack of prosecution. As warned in the prior order, a corporate entity cannot represent itself in federal court, and instead must appear through a licensed lawyer. R. 32. No lawyer has appeared since the withdrawal. The case is dismissed with prejudice. A separate AO-450 judgment shall be entered. The tracking status hearing of 03/17/2023 is vacated. Civil case terminated. Mailed notice (mw, ) (Entered: 03/14/2023)
03/10/23
STATUS Report by Samsung Electronics America, Inc., Samsung Electronics Company, Ltd. (Attachments: # 1 Exhibit A)(Rollo, Sherry) (Entered: 03/10/2023)
03/09/23
MAILED patent report and certified copies of order and judgment dated 3/7/2023 to Patent Trademark Office, Alexandria VA (jg, ) (Entered: 03/09/2023)
03/07/23
ENTERED JUDGMENT. Mailed notice (ags) (Entered: 03/07/2023)
03/07/23
MINUTE entry before the Honorable Joan H. Lefkow: Plaintiff Fintech Innovations Associates LLC (Fintech) has been unrepresented by counsel since its prior counsel, Matthew Wawrzyn, withdrew on 1/18/2023 (dkt. 15 ). The court directed Fintech to appear by new counsel by 2/15/2023, and when that date passed with no appearance filed, it warned Fintech that this case would be dismissed if it did not obtain counsel by 3/02/2023 (dkt. 18 ). As of today, Fintech has not appeared by new counsel. As an LLC, Fintech "cannot litigate pro se or be represented in the litigation by a nonlawyer." 1756 W. Lake St. LLC v. Am. Chartered Bank, 787 F.3d 383, 385 (7th Cir. 2015). Fintech apparently told Wawrzyn on 10/7/2022 that it would be seeking new counsel; Wawrzyn then attempted to follow up with Fintech about whether it had obtained new counsel, but Fintech did not respond, other than to inform Wawrzyn that his "services [were] terminated" on 12/22/2022. (Dkt. 14 .) Having given Fintech "express warning," see Ball v. City of Chicago, 2 F.3d 752, 756 (7th Cir. 1993), that it faced dismissal if it did not appear by new counsel, the court now concludes that dismissal for want of prosecution is appropriate. See Matter of Bluestein & Co., 68 F.3d 1022, 1025 (7th Cir. 1995) ("District courts possess the inherent authority to dismiss a case sua sponte for want of prosecution as part of the 'control necessarily vested in courts to manage their own affairs so as to achieve the orderly and expeditious disposition of cases.'") (citation omitted). The case is dismissed with prejudice pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(b). The pending motion to dismiss for failure to state a claim (dkt. 7 ) is terminated as moot. Mailed notice (ags) (Entered: 03/07/2023)
02/23/23
MINUTE entry before the Honorable Edmond E. Chang: No licensed attorney has filed an appearance for the Plaintiff. If no attorney appears for the Plaintiff by 03/10/2023, then the case will be dismissed for lack of prosecution. The parties also shall file a status report by 03/10/2023, and the Defendant shall file the report if no attorney has appeared for the Plaintiff. The tracking status hearing of 02/24/2023 is reset to 03/17/2023 at 8:30 a.m., but to track the case only (no appearance is required, the case will not be called). Emailed notice (mw, ) (Entered: 02/23/2023)