(SS) A.J.M v. Commissioner of Social Security

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

NANCY MORENO O/B/O MINOR A.J.M., Case No. 1:24-cv-01540-BAM

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PETITION FOR

APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM

v. OF A.J.M.

COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL SECURITY, (Doc. 3) Defendant. 16 Plaintiff Nancy Moreno on behalf of minor A.J.M. (“Plaintiff”), through counsel, filed this action seeking judicial review of a final decision of the Commissioner of the Social Security Administration. (Doc. 1.) Currently before the Court is Plaintiff Nancy Moreno’s petition for appointment as guardian ad litem for her child, A.J.M., a minor. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 17 provides that “[t]he court must appoint a guardian ad litem—or issue another appropriate order—to protect a minor or incompetent person who is unrepresented in an action.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 17(c)(2). This requires a district court to take whatever measures it deems proper to protect the individual during litigation. United States v. 30.64 Acres of Land, 795 F.2d 796, 805 (9th Cir. 1986). …