Pitts
Pitts v. Quest Diagnostic Clinical Laboratories, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
11 MARY PITTS, by and through his guardian CASE NO.: 1:24-cv-01271-JLT-HBK ad litem, TRACY PITTS
Plaintiffs,
ORDER GRANTING PETITION TO
v. APPOINT GUARDIAN AD LITEM
QUEST DIAGNOSTICS CLINICAL (Doc. No. 2)
LABORATORIES, INC.,
16 Defendant.
Petitioner Mary Pitts, through counsel, filed a Petition for Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem on October 17, 2024. (Doc. No. 2, “Petition”). Petitioner seeks appointment of Tracy Pitts as guardian ad litem for Mary Pitts. The Court grants the Petition. 22 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 17 provides for a representative of a minor or an 23 incompetent person to sue or defend on a minor or an incompetent’s behalf. Fed. R. Civ. P. 24 17(c). Similarly, this Court’s Local Rule 202(a) in pertinent part, states: 25 Upon commencement of an action or upon initial appearance in defense of an action by or on behalf of a minor ... the attorney representing the minor or incompetent person shall present ... a motion for the appointment of a guardian…