S.O.
S.O. v. Rescue Union S.D.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 S.O., No. 2:23-cv-00406-DJC-AC Plaintiff, v. ORDER RESCUE UNION SCHOOL DISTRICT, et al., 15 Defendants.
17 Plaintiff has filed a motion requesting that Lolita O’Neal be appointed as guardian ad litem for Plaintiff S.O., who is her minor child. (ECF No. 2.) Defendants have not filed opposition to this motion. Under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 17(c), “[a] minor . . . who does not have a duly appointed representative may sue by . . . a guardian ad litem.” Where a minor does not have a representative appointed to sue on their behalf, “[t]he court must appoint a guardian ad litem — or issue another appropriate order — to protect [the] minor . . . .” Fed. R. Civ. P. 17(c). The Local Rules for this district state that upon the commencement of an action, “the attorney representing the minor or incompetent person shall present (1) appropriate evidence of the appointment of a representative for the minor or…