Molina
Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Molina
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CONCEPCION FLORES MOLINA, Case No. 1:23-cv-01553-CDB
12 Plaintiff/Cross ORDER DENYING WITHOUT PREJUDICE Defendant, PETITION TO APPOINT GUARDIAN AD 13 LITEM v. 14 (Doc. 31)
LUPE C. FLORES,
15 Defendant/Cross 16 Plaintiff. 17 18 Pending before the Court is Defendant/Cross Plaintiff Lupe Flores’ (“Flores”) petition for 19 appointment of guardian ad litem. (Doc. 31).1 Because the petition does not provide substantial 20 evidence of incompetence, the petition will be denied without prejudice. 21 LEGAL STANDARD 22 Under Rule 17 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, a representative of an incompetent 23 person may litigate on that person’s behalf. Fed R. Civ. P. 17(c)(2). “The court is under a ‘legal 24 obligation’ to consider whether an incompetent person is adequately protected.” Jurgens v. 25 Dubendorf, No. 2:14-cv-2780-KJM-DAD, 2015 WL 6163464, *3 (E.D. Cal. Oct. 19, 2015) 26 (citing United States…