Ramirez Fonua v. City of Hayward

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 CRISTINA RAMIREZ FONUA, et al., Case No. 21-cv-03644-RS Plaintiffs, 11 v. ORDER REQUESTING SUPPLEMENTAL BRIEFING CITY OF HAYWARD, et al., REGARDING APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM Defendants.

Plaintiffs seek to substitute as guardian ad litem minor child B.H.R.’s mother, Kendra Garcia, for B.H.R.’s current guardian ad litem and grandmother, Cristina Ramirez Fonua. Plaintiffs point out Garcia is B.H.R.’s current legal guardian and assert she has no conflicting interests with B.H.R. In their previous motion requesting Fonua’s appointment as guardian ad litem in 2021, Plaintiffs represented “there was a Child Protective Services [CPS] proceeding to remove B.H.R. from [Garcia’s] custody in early 2020” and they were “unable to contact” Garcia. Dkt. 25, at 2.1 In their current motion, Plaintiffs offer no explanation regarding how this removal proceeding by CPS, or their…