M.C.
M.C. v. Del Norte Unified School District
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
Colleen A. Snyder (SB No. 274064) Snyder & Shaw LLP 3220 S. Higuera Street, Suite 220 San Luis Obispo, CA 93401 3 Telephone: (805) 439-4646 Facsimile: (805) 301-8030 colleen@snydershaw.com 5 Attorney for Plaintiff
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
10 M.C., a conserved adult; by and through his CASE NO.: 1:24-cv-08680 conservator, Amy Dorsey, [PROPOSED] ORDER APPOINTING Plaintiff, GUARDIAN AD LITEM
13 v. 14 Del Norte Unified School District, 15 Defendant.
17 On December 3, 2024, Amy Dorsey, as conservator of M.C., a disabled adult, and 18 Defendant Del Norte Unified School District (“the District”), filed a Joint Petition for Approval 19 of Minor’s Compromise. The same day, Plaintiff M.C. filed a petition to appoint his mother, 20 Amy Dorsey, as guardian ad litem to represent him in this matter. 21 “To maintain a suit in a federal court, a child or mental incompetent must be represented 22 by a competent adult.” Doe ex rel. Sisco v. Weed Union Elementary School Dist., 2:13-cv- 23 01145, 2013 WL 2666024 at *1 (E.D. Cal. June 12, 2013) (citation omitted). …