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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 LAURA MADRID, individually and as co- Case No. 1:24-cv-00351-BAM successor-in-interest to Decedent CONRAD MADRID; MICHAEL ORDER GRANTING PETITION OF MADRID, individually and as co- COLLEEN LUJAN FOR APPOINTMENT successor-in-interest to Decedent AS GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOR CONRAD MADRID; C.M., the minor PLAINTIFF C.M. child of Decedent CONRAD MADRID, by and through Guardian Ad Litem (Doc. 16) COLLEEN LUJAN,

Plaintiffs, v. COUNTY OF TULARE, Defendant. 18 Currently before the Court is the petition of Colleen Lujan to be appointed as guardian ad 19 litem for Plaintiff C.M., a minor. (Doc. 16.) 20 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 17 provides that “[t]he court must appoint a guardian ad 21 litem—or issue another appropriate order—to protect a minor or incompetent person who is 22 unrepresented in an action.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 17(c)(2). This requires a district court to take 23 whatever measures it deems proper to protect the individual during litigation. United States v. 24 30.64…