(SS) Ramirez v. Commissioner of Social Security
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 SUSANA RAMIREZ, on behalf of N.R., No. 1:21-cv-00109-EPG Plaintiff, v. ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR
APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM
COMMISSIONER OF SOCIAL WITHOUT PREJUDICE
SECURITY,
(ECF No. 3) Defendant. 15 16 Plaintiff Susana Ramirez, on behalf of N.R., a minor, filed a complaint to review Defendant Commissioner of Social Security’s decision on January 26, 2021. (ECF No. 1). On account of N.R. being a minor, Plaintiff Ramirez filed a motion to appoint a guardian ad litem the same day. (ECF No. 3). The motion and accompanied declaration state that the proposed guardian ad litem is N.R.’s mother. (Id. at 3). For the following reasons, the Court denies the motion, without prejudice to Plaintiff’s re-filing the motion in compliance with Local Rule 202(c). I. LEGAL STANDARDS Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 17(c)(2), “[a] minor or an incompetent person who does not have a duly appointed representative…