Hernandez

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 Case No. 19cv1457 AJB-AGS HENRY MORA HERNANDEZ, individually and as Special ORDER GRANTING AMENDED Administrator of the Estate of Sergio PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT Mora Hernandez; and KOTHAN OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM MORA HERNANDEZ, a minor, by and (FRCP § 17(c)(2)) through his Guardian Ad Litem, Irlanda Hernandez Echeverria, (Doc. No. 6)

Plaintiffs,

v.

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, by and through the UNITED STATES POSTAL SERVICE; and ERICKA MARIE DOTSON, an individual, 19 Defendants. 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 PETITIONER, minor child KOTHAN MORA HERNANDEZ, by and through his mother, Irlanda Hernandez Echeverria, filed an amended petition for the appointment of a guardian ad litem. (Doc. No. 5.) “District courts have a special duty, derived from Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 17(c), to safeguard the interests of litigants who are minors.” Robidoux v. Rosengren, 638 F.3d 1177, 1181 (9th Cir. 2011). Rule 17 provides that “[t]he court must…