Pottier

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MARIE-PIERRE POTTIER, et al., ) Case No.: 1:21-cv-01138-AWI-BAM ) Plaintiffs, ) ORDER GRANTING APPLICATION FOR ) APPOINTMENT OF MARIE-PIERRE v. ) POTTIER AS GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOR ) ELODIE POTTIER UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, ) ) (Doc. No. 3) Defendant. ) ) ) )

18 On July 28, 2021, Plaintiff Marie-Pierre Pottier, through counsel, submitted an application for a court order appointing Marie-Pierre Pottier as guardian ad litem for minor Plaintiff Elodie Pottier. (Doc. No. 3.) “District courts have a special duty, derived from Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 17(c), to safeguard the interests of litigants who are minors.” Robidoux v. Rosengren, 638 F.3d 1177, 1181 (9th Cir. 2011). Rule 17 provides that “[t]he court must appoint a guardian ad litem—or issue another appropriate order—to protect a minor or incompetent person who is unrepresented in an…