Brown
Brown v. Pioneer Union Elementary School District
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 9 P.R.V., a minor, by and through Guardian Case No. 1:24-cv-01239-KES-BAM Ad Litem EUFEMIA SAMANTHA 10 VALDEZ, ORDER GRANTING PETITION OF
EUFEMIA SAMANTHA VALDEZ FOR
11 Plaintiff, APPOINTMENT AS GUARDIAN AD
LITEM FOR PLAINTIFF P.R.V.
12 v. (Doc. 10) 13 PIONEER UNION ELEMENTARY SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al, 14 Defendants. 15 16 Currently before the Court is the petition of Eufemia Samantha Valdez to be appointed as 17 guardian ad litem for Plaintiff P.R.V., a minor. (Doc. 10.)1 18 Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 17 provides that “[t]he court must appoint a guardian ad 19 litem—or issue another appropriate order—to protect a minor or incompetent person who is 20 unrepresented in an action.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 17(c)(2). This requires a district court to take 21 whatever measures it deems proper to protect the individual during litigation. United States v. 22 30.64 Acres of Land, 795 F.2d 796, 805 (9th Cir. 1986). In pertinent part, Local Rule 202(a) of 23 this Court further states: