Rubio

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

RAYMUNDO VICENTE RUBIO, Case No. 1:21-cv-00286-DAD-SAB

Plaintiff, ORDER REQUIRING SUPPLEMENTAL

BRIEFING ON PETITION FOR

v. APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD

LITEM AND DIRECTING MEDICAL

CITY OF VISALIA, et al., EVIDENCE TO BE FILED UNDER SEAL

Defendants. FOURTEEN-DAY DEADLINE

16 On March 1, 2021, a complaint in this action was filed on behalf of Raymundo Vicente Rubio (“Plaintiff”), alleged to be an incompetent adult. (ECF No. 1.) On March 15, 2022, a petition for appointment as a guardian ad litem for Mr. Rubio was filed. (ECF No. 31.) Helen Maria Salinas (“Petitioner”), who is Plaintiff’s mother, seeks to be appointed as guardian ad litem for Plaintiff. Pursuant to Rule 17 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a representative of a minor or an incompetent person may sue or defend on the incompetent person’s behalf. Fed. R. Civ. P. 17(c)(1). If the minor or incompetent person “does not have a duly appointed representative,” they “may…