Thomas

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 9 CARLY JO THOMAS, Case No.: 20-CV-1979-CAB-MDD

Plaintiff,

ORDER DENYING PETITION FOR

v. APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD

LITEM

COUNTY OF SAN DIEGO,

Defendant. [Doc. No. 2] 15 16 17 This matter is before the Court on a petition for appointment of guardian ad litem for the plaintiff in this action. As one district court explained: [A] guardian ad litem is not a general guardian. See, e.g., Bacon v. Mandell, No. 10–5506, 2012 WL 4105088, at *14 n. 21 (D.N.J. Sept. 14, 2012). A 21 general guardian is “[a] guardian who has general care and control of the ward’s person and estate.” Black’s Law Dictionary (10th ed. 2014). A guardian ad litem, on the other hand, is “[a] guardian, [usually] a lawyer, 23 appointed by the court to appear in a lawsuit on behalf of an incompetent or minor party.” Id. “Ad litem” means “[f]or the purposes of the suit; pending the suit.” Id.; cf., e.g., Brown v. Alexander,…