A. L. v. City of Bakersfield

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 A.L., a minor, by and through his Case No. 1:23-cv-00885-JLT-CDB guardian ad litem, JANAE LEWIS. ORDER GRANTING UNOPPOSED Plaintiff, MOTION TO APPOINT GUARDIAN AD LITEM FOR A.L. v. 14 CITY OF BAKERSFIELD, et al., (Docs. 9, 10,11) 15 Defendant. 16 On June 9, 2023, Plaintiff A.L. filed a complaint against Defendants City of Bakersfield and Michael Mayorga. (Doc. 1). Plaintiff alleges that he was pulled over by Bakersfield Police Department officers after he entered a friends’ automobile. Id. ⁋ 15. The complaint further alleges that when Plaintiff saw the officers reach for their weapons, he began running in panic. Id. ⁋17. As Plaintiff was running from the police, he was tased and tackled. Plaintiff surrendered but was nevertheless tased, kicked, punched, and elbowed on his head and body. Id. ⁋ 19. Plaintiff filed his complaint as a minor “by and through his guardian ad litem, Janae Lewis.” However, neither Plaintiff’s complaint nor any…