Dias
Dias v. Dias
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CASIMIRO JOSE CANHA CAVACO Case No. 24-cv-04471-EMC
DIAS,
8 Petitioner, ORDER GRANTING IN PART AND DENYING IN PART PETITIONER’S v. MOTION FOR MENTAL EXAMINATIONS
RULA NABIL KHOURY CAVACO DIAS,
11 Respondent. Docket No. 109 12 13 Currently pending before the Court is Petitioner’s motion for mental examinations. Petitioner seeks examinations of each of his three children, as well as an examination of Respondent. The parties agree that the governing rule is Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 35. Rule 35 provides in relevant part as follows: “The court . . . may order a party whose mental or physical condition . . . is in controversy to submit to a physical or mental examination by a suitably licensed or certified examiner. The court has the same authority to order a party to produce for examination a person who is in its custody or under its legal control.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 35(a)(1). 22 …