Cantu

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

8 ROGER CANTU, et al., Case No.: 1:20-cv-00538-NONE-SAB 9 Plaintiffs, ORDER GRANTING PETITION FOR v. APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM

(ECF No. 2) KINGS COUNTY; et al., 12 Defendants. 13 14 Roger Cantu, Linda Brown, and G.C, a minor, filed this civil rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 on April 15, 2020. Along with the complaint, a petition was filed seeking to have Maryzol Jones, G.C.’s mother, appointed to act as guardian ad litem in the matter. Pursuant to Rule of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a representative of an incompetent person may sue or defend on the incompetent person’s behalf. Fed. R. Civ. P. 17(c). This requires the Court to take whatever measures it deems appropriate to protect the interests of the individual during the litigation. United States v. 30.64 Acres of Land, More or Less, Situated in Klickitat Cty., State of Wash., 795 F.2d 796, 805 (9th Cir. 1986). The appointment of the guardian ad litem is more than a…