K.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 7 M. K., Case No. 21-cv-08465-VKD

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE GUARDIAN AD LITEM

v. APPLICATION

GOOGLE LLC, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 38, 56 Defendants.

13 Plaintiff M.K., a minor, sues Google, LLC and Fremont Unified School District on federal and state law claims related to violations of his privacy. Dkt. No. 1. On June 13, 2022, M.K. filed an initial application to appoint Melanie Kirksey, his mother, as his guardian ad litem. Dkt. No. 38. The Court ordered plaintiff to provide additional information regarding the application. Dkt. Nos. 40, 49. M.K. now asks the Court for a second time to appoint Ms. Kirksey as his guardian ad litem. Dkt. No. 56. Rule 17 provides that “[a] minor or an incompetent person who does not have a duly appointed representative may sue by a next friend or by a guardian ad litem.” Fed. R. Civ. P. 17(c)(2). “The court must appoint a guardian…