Lazos

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

ADRIAN LAZOS, Case No. 1:23-cv-00885-CDB

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING STIPULATED REQUEST

TO TERMINATE GUARDIAN AD LITEM AND

v. ADJUST DOCKET

CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, et al., ORDER DIRECTING CLERK OF THE COURT

TO TERMINATE GUARDIAN AD LITEM AND

Defendants. MODIFY THE DOCKET TO IDENTIFY

PLAINTIFF BY HIS FULL LEGAL NAME

16 (Doc. 56) 17

Pending before the Court is the stipulated request of the parties to terminate Plaintiff’s guardian

ad litem Jenae Lewis and modify the docket to identity Plaintiff by his full legal name, Adrian Lazos. (Doc. 56). Legal Standard Pursuant to Rule 17 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a representative of a minor or incompetent person may sue or defend on the minor or incompetent person’s behalf. Fed. R. Civ. P. 17(c). A 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.” Id. The…