Pessano
Pessano v. Anthem Blue Cross Life and Health Insurance Company
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 EMILY PESSANO, individually and as Case No. 1:24-cv-01189-EPG guardian ad litem for her minor daughter C.P.M., Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO APPOINT
GUARDIAN AD LITEM
v. (ECF No. 7) ANTHEM BLUE CROSS LIFE AND
HEALTH INSURANCE COMPANY
16 Defendant.
18 This is an ERISA action, which seeks to compel Defendant to pay air ambulance transportation costs for C.P.M. under an insurance policy. The complaint is brought by Emily Pessano on behalf of her minor daughter, C.P.M. Now before the Court is the motion to appoint Plaintiff Pessano as the guardian ad litem for C.P.M. (ECF No. 7). For the following reasons, the Court will grant the motion. I. REDACTION As an initial matter, the Court notes that Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2(a)(3) requires the name of a minor to be redacted to include only the minor’s initials. However, Rule 5.2(h) provides that “[a] person waives the protection of Rule 5.2(a) as to the person’s own information by…