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