Watkins

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 L.T., a minor, et al., No. 2:22-cv-00142-KJM-AC Plaintiffs, ORDER Vv. United States of America, 1S Defendant. 16 This is a medical negligence action related to the birth of L.T., a two-year-old minor. Latisha Watkins, L.T.’s mother, moves to be appointed as L.T.’s guardian ad litem. See generally Mot., ECF No. 12. The United States does not oppose that request. ECF No. 14. “A minor... who does not have a duly appointed representative may sue... by a guardian ad litem. The court must appoint a guardian ad litem—or issue another appropriate order—to protect a minor... who is unrepresented in an action.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 17(c)(2). A 23 guardian ad litem must “be truly dedicated to the best interests of the person on whose behalf 24 [s]he seeks to litigate.” Whitmore v. Arkansas, 495 U.S. 149, 163-64 (1990); Coal. of Clergy, Lawyers, & Professors v. Bush, 310 F.3d 1153,…