Gonzalez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JEWELINA GONZALEZ, by and through her ) Case No.: 1:20-cv-01298-NONE-JLT Mother, Jessica Soliz, as Guardian Ad Litem, ) individually and as successor of interest to ) ORDER GRANTING PETITION TO APPOINT Jason Gonzalez, ) JESSICA SOLIZ AS GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOR ) THE MINOR PLAINTIFF Plaintiff, ) ) (Doc. 2) v. ) ) KYLE NUNEZ, et al., ) ) Defendants. ) )

Jewelina Gonzalez initiated this action by filing a complaint on September 10, 2020 and petitioning the Court to appoint Jessica Soliz as her guardian ad litem in this action. (Docs. 1, 2.) Pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, “[a] minor . . . who does not have a duly appointed representative may sue by a next friend or by a guardian ad litem.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 17(c)(2). In addition, a court “must appoint a guardian ad litem - or issue another appropriate order - to protect a minor or incompetent person who…