Yaqub

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

8 9 RAHAT YAQUB, an incompetent adult, Case No. 1:23-cv-01482-EPG Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO APPOINT

GUARDIAN AD LITEM

v. (ECF No. 2). JACOB PAYNTER, et al.,

Defendants. 15 16 On October 17, 2023, Plaintiff Rahat Yaqub, proceeding through counsel, filed this civil 17 rights action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983. (ECF No. 1). Before the Court is the motion to 18 appoint Plaintiff’s adult sister, Sadia Yaqub, as the guardian ad litem for Plaintiff. (ECF No. 2). 19 For the following reasons, the Court will grant the motion.

I. SUMMARY OF THE MOTION

21 The motion states that Plaintiff is an incompetent adult. (ECF No. 2, p. 2). Ms. Yaqub is 22 willing to serve as Plaintiff’s guardian ad litem and is fully competent to understand and protect Plaintiff’s rights and has no interest adverse to Plaintiff and is not connected with any adverse party. (Id.) Ms. Yaqub’s accompanying declaration states that Plaintiff is “presently legally incompetent, and I have petitioned the Superior Court of California, County of Merced, to…