Perez

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4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

10 11 ALEJANDRO ANDRES PEREZ, et al., Case No. 1:25-cv-00358-KES-CDB

12 Plaintiffs, ORDER ON PLAINTIFFS’S EX PARTE

APPLICATION FOR APPOINTMENT OF

13 v. GUARDIAN AD LITEM

14 COUNTY OF KERN, et al., (Docs. 8, 9)

15 Defendants. 16

17 Background 18 Plaintiff Ashley Sinden (“Plaintiff”), as the natural parent and purported successor in interest of 19 decedent minor Alejandro Andres Perez (“A.P.”), initiated this action with the filing of a complaint on 20 March 25, 2025. (Doc. 1). In the complaint, Plaintiff asserts claims pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 to 21 recover damages for Defendants’ actions and/or failures resulting in the wrongful death of A.P. while 22 in and under Defendants’ care, custody, control, and supervision. (Id. ¶ 3-4). 23 The complaint alleges that A.P. is the deceased minor child of Sinden and that Plaintiff, as the 24 natural mother of A.P. whose parental rights were never terminated, has standing as A.P.’s rightful heir 25 under C.C.P. § 377.60(a) and…