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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 P.R.V., a minor, by and through Guardian Case No. 1:24-cv-01239-KES-BAM Ad Litem EUFEMIA SAMANTHA VALDEZ, ORDER GRANTING PETITION OF

EUFEMIA SAMANTHA VALDEZ FOR

Plaintiff, APPOINTMENT AS GUARDIAN AD

LITEM FOR PLAINTIFF P.R.V.

v. (Doc. 10) PIONEER UNION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al, 14 Defendants. 15 Currently before the Court is the petition of Eufemia Samantha Valdez to be appointed as guardian ad litem for Plaintiff P.R.V., a minor. (Doc. 10.)1 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). In pertinent part, Local Rule 202(a) of this Court further states:

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