Schwab Told to Show Cause Why His Pro Se Petition Shouldn’t Be Denied
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit construes the petition for an en banc rehearing submitted pro se by William Schwab on behalf of appellant Schwab Multimedia (see 2304030046) as including a motion for leave to file, said…
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a clerk’s order Tuesday (docket 22-1016). The petition seeks a review of the three-judge panel’s unanimous March 3 rejection of Schwab's appeal of FCC decisions that led to the broadcaster losing its permit to build an AM station in Culver City, California. The court ordered Schwab and his company to show cause within 10 days why the motion for leave to file shouldn’t be denied because Schwab isn’t a licensed attorney, so he can’t represent his company, it said. Case law says “artificial entities may appear in the federal courts only through licensed counsel,” it said. Appellant Schwab Multimedia has counsel of record who may file a petition for rehearing en banc on the company’s behalf, it said.