Ryan
Ryan v. County of Imperial
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 GILDA RYAN and PAUL RYAN, et al. Case No. 3:21-cv-1076-LAB-KSC 11 Plaintiffs, ORDER OF DISMISSAL WITH 12 LEAVE TO AMEND [Dkt. 1] v.
14 COUNTY OF IMPERIAL, et al.
16 Defendants.
18 Plaintiffs Gilda and Paul Ryan, purporting to bring suit on behalf of their minor children and themselves, filed their Complaint in this case on June 4, 2021. The Complaint consists of 380 numbered paragraphs and 90 claims, spread across 145 pages. In other words, it’s not the “short and plain statement” that a pleading must be. Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a)(1). Nor can Gilda and Paul Ryan bring suit on behalf of their minor children. There’s no indication that either parent is an attorney, and courts in the Ninth Circuit don’t permit non-attorney parents to bring suit on behalf of their children. Johns v. County of San Diego, 114 F.3d 874, 876-77 (9th Cir. 1997) (“It goes without saying that it is not in the interest of minors . . . that they be represented ||by non-attorneys. Where …