M.T.
M.T. v. Concesionaria Vuela Compania de Aviacion SAPI de CV
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 M.T., Case No. 22-cv-03901-HSG
Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING: (1) MOTION TO
APPROVE MINOR’S COMPROMISE
v. AND, (2) MOTION TO SEAL
CONCESIONARIA VUELA COMPANIA Re: Dkt. Nos. 36,
DE AVIACION SAPI DE CV,
11 Defendant.
13 Pending before the Court are the plaintiff’s unopposed (1) motion for approval of minor’s 14 compromise, see Dkt. No. 36 (“Mot.”); and (2) administrative motion to file under seal, see Dkt. 15 No. 38. The Court GRANTS the motion for approval of the minor’s compromise and GRANTS 16 the administrative motion to file under seal.
I. MOTION FOR APPROVAL OF COMPROMISE
18 A. Legal Standard 19 “District courts have a special duty, derived from Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 17(c), to 20 safeguard the interests of litigants who are minors.” Robidoux v. Rosengren, 638 F.3d 1177, 1181 21 (9th Cir. 2011); see Fed. R. Civ. P. 17(c) (providing that district court “must appoint a guardian ad 22 litem—or issue another appropriate order—to protect a…