J.A.

I. BACKGROUND

25 Plaintiff Luz Ana Venegas initially filed an application to appoint her as guardian ad litem 26 for Plaintiff J.A. concurrently with the complaint on February 23, 2021. (ECF No. 2.) The Court denied the application without prejudice because it did not comply with the requirements of Local 28 Rule 202(c) regarding disclosure of an attorney’s interests. (ECF No. 6.) On March 2, 2021, Plaintiff Luz Ana Venegas filed the instant application. (ECF No. 7.) The application states that Plaintiff J.A. is ten years old and a minor under the laws of California. (ECF No. 7 at 1.) Plaintiff Luz Ana Venegas is J.A.’s mother and has custody of J.A. (Id. at 2.) Plaintiff J.A.’s claims against Defendants arise out of the shooting death of her father. 5 (Id.) J.A. does not have a guardian of her estate.1 (Id.) Plaintiff Luz Ana Venegas is willing to 6 serve as guardian ad litem, is fully competent to understand and protect J.A.’s rights, and does not 7 have an interest adverse to J.A. (Id.) 8 Plaintiff Luz Ana Venegas has contracted with William L. Schmidt, Attorney at Law, 9 P.C., to prosecute J.A.’s claims. (ECF No. 7 at 2.) The parties have a contingency…