Fisher
Fisher v. Army National Guard
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 8 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 10 JOANNA FISHER, et al., No. 1:20-cv-01471-NONE-EPG 11 Plaintiffs, 12 v. ORDER CONCERNING APPOINTMENT OF
GUARDIAN AD LITEM
13 ARMY NATIONAL GUARD, et al.,
14 Defendants. 15 16 Plaintiffs Johanna Fisher and J.G., a minor, by and through her guardian ad litem, Johanna 17 Fisher, filed the civil rights complaint commencing this action on October 15, 2020. (ECF No. 1). 18 On account of J.G.’s being a minor, that same day, Plaintiffs filed a Notice of Lodging 19 Application and Order Appointing Guardian Ad Litem. (ECF No. 4). 20 Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 17(c)(2), “[a] minor or an incompetent person who 21 does not have a duly appointed representative may sue by a next friend or by a guardian ad 22 litem.” Fed.R.Civ.P. 17(c)(2). 23 Local Rule 202 provides additional requirements:
24 (a) Upon commencement of an action or upon initial appearance in defense of an action by or on behalf of a minor or incompetent person, the attorney 25 representing…