M.P.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 M.P., a minor, by and through his guardian No. 2:23-cv-00245 AC ad litem, Roy McCollum, individually and as successor in interest to Decedent BRITTANY CAITLIN MCCULLUM; and ROY MCCOLLUM, individually, ORDER Plaintiffs, v. COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN, a public entity; San Joaquin County Sheriff PATRICK WITHROW; San Joaquin County Employees PAULA ALEYDA ARAGON DE GONZALEZ, LVN; MARY

M. CENDANA, RN; and County of San

Joaquin DOES 1–50, jointly and severally, Defendants. 21 Before the court is the ex parte Petition for the Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem. ECF No. 9). The undersigned previously requested additional documentation before considering the petition on the merits. ECF No. 11. That additional documentation has now been provided, as discussed below. ECF No. 1413 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…