Dawes
Dawes v. The People of the State of California
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 WILLIAM DAWES, Case No. 19-cv-2122-MMA (VET)
Plaintiff,
ORDER:
vs.
CONSTRUING DOCUMENT AS A
HOWARD AUSBURY, et al.
MOTION FOR
Defendants. RECONSIDERATION
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DENYING MOTION FOR
RECONSIDERATION
20 I. INTRODUCTION Plaintiff William Dawes (“Dawes”) is a California inmate who has filed a pro se civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 in this Court. On April 19, 2021, the Court stayed this case until Dawes’s related criminal case in state court was resolved. See Doc. No. 46; see also S.D. Sup. Ct. No. SCS287189. In August of 2024, Dawes’s state criminal charges were dismissed because of his ongoing incompetency, and Defendants then asked this Court to lift the stay and hold a hearing to appoint a guardian ad litem for Dawes under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 17(c)(2), which requires the Court to “appoint a guardian ad litem ⸺ or issue another…