Sutherland

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 KAREN SUTHERLAND, as mother of No. 2:21-cv-01855 WBS AC decedent; ERICA BELATTI, Guardian Ad Litem for S.A.S., JR. son of decedent, and as a successor in interest to the deceased; and D.J.S., daughter of decedent, and as a ORDER successor in interest to the deceased, 13 Plaintiff, 14 v.

CITY OF STOCKTON; OFFICER

RONALDZALUNARDO, in his individual and official capacity; OFFICER JOHN AFANASIEV, in his individual and official capacity; CHIEFERIC JONES, in his individual, and official capacity; and DOES 1-5, inclusive, 19 Defendants. 20 Before the court is the ex parte Petition for the Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem (ECF No. 10), which was referred to the undersigned by U.S. District Judge William B. Shubb (ECF No. 12). Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 17(c)(2), “[a] minor or an incompetent person 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). Local Rule 202 provides the following additional…