Evans
Evans v. City of San Diego
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JESSE EVANS, Case No. 23-cv-0883-BAS-WVG
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v. APPOINT GUARDIAN AD LITEM (ECF No. 32) CITY OF SAN DIEGO, et al., Defendants. 16
Pending before the Court is an ex parte motion by Plaintiff Jesse Evan’s Counsel to appoint Coleen Cusack as guardian ad litem for this matter. (ECF No. 32.) Plaintiff is a homeless adult living with paranoid schizophrenia. (Id.) For the following reasons, the Court GRANTS the motion and appoints Coleen Cusack as guardian ad litem for Plaintiff for this matter. (Id.) 23 I. Legal Standard Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 17(c)(1) requires that for individuals “with a representative,” the “following representatives may sue or defend on behalf of a minor or an incompetent person: (A) a general guardian; (B) a committee; (C) a conservator; or (D) a like fiduciary.” Rule 17(c)(2) establishes that “[t]he court must…