Roe

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ROE, a minor, by and through her Case No.: 19-CV-1966-CAB-BGS Guardian ad Litem, JUSTIN SLAGLE,

ORDER REGARDING PETITION

Plaintiff, FOR APPOINTMENT OF v. GUARDIAN AD LITEM

GROSSMONT UNION HIGH SCHOOL

15 DISTRICT et al., [Doc. No. 3.] 16 Defendants. 17 This matter is before the Court on Plaintiff Roe’s Petition for Appointment of Guardian Ad Litem. [Doc. No. 3.] The Petition states that Justin Slagle is the father of Minor Plaintiff Roe with legal and physical custody, and requests the Court appoint Justin Slagle as guardian ad litem. [Doc. No. 3 at ¶¶ 2-3.] It is unclear why it is necessary to separately appoint Mr. Slagle as guardian ad litem in this lawsuit, when it appears that he is a general guardian who can sue on his child’s behalf. See Doe ex rel. Sisco v. Weed Union Elementary Sch. Dist., No. 2:13- CV-01145-GEB, 2013 WL 2666024, at *1 (E.D. Cal. June 12, 2013) (holding that parents’ application for appointment as…