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Nature of Suit Code: 370
Nature of Suit: Other Fraud
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-(Citizenship)

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

GILBERT L. LOAEC 2014 TRUST, et al.,

Plaintiffs,

v.

ROMONA A. DOHENY,

Defendant.

Case No. 19-cv-02078-NC 

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE: 

STATUS AS ATTORNEY-INFACT AND TRUSTEE

In this elder abuse and fraud action, the plaintiffs include Gilbert L. Loaec—the 

alleged victim of defendant Romona A. Doheny’s fraud—as well as the Gilbert L. Loaec 

2014 Trust (“Trust”) and Yvonne Loaec-Russ.

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 See Dkt. No. 1 (“Compl.”) ¶¶ 4–6. The 

complaint suggests that Loaec is an incompetent person due to his recent diagnosis of 

dementia. See id. ¶ 4. Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 17(c) requires the Court to issue 

appropriate orders “to protect a minor or incompetent person who is unrepresented in an 

action.” Yvonne purports to be Loaec’s attorney-in-fact and the Trust’s trustee. See id.

¶¶ 5–6.

Because this action, at its core, seeks to litigate a dispute over Loaec’s interests, the 

Court ORDERS Yvonne to proffer evidence that she in fact has authority to act as Loaec’s 

 

1 The Court refers to Yvonne Loaec-Russ as “Yvonne” for the sake of brevity and clarity.

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attorney-in-fact and is the Trust’s trustee. Yvonne must respond to this order by August 

23, 2019. Doheny may respond to Yvonne’s proffer, if necessary, by August 30, 2019.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: August 16, 2019 _____________________________________

NATHANAEL M. COUSINS

United States Magistrate Judge

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