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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 42:1983 Civil Rights Act

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JOHN L. BURRIS, ESQ. (SBN 69888)

BEN NISENBAUM, ESQ. (SBN 222173)

K. CHIKE ODIWE, ESQ. (SBN 315109)

BRANDON YEE, ESQ. (SBN 344583)

BURRIS, NISENBAUM, CURRYAND LACY, LLP

Airport Corporate Centre

7677 Oakport Street, Suite 1120

Oakland, California 94621

Telephone: (510) 839-5200

Facsimile: (844) 273-6873

john.burris@bncllaw.com

ben.nisenbaum@bncllaw.com

chike.odiwe@bncllaw.com

brandon.yee@bncllaw.com

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

J.C., by and through his Guardian ad Litem Nandi 

Storm Cain and M.G., by and through her 

Guardian ad Litem Wendy Whittaker, 

 Plaintiffs,

vs.

CITY OF VALLEJO, a municipal corporation;

and DOES 1-50, inclusive, individually and in 

their official capacity as police officers for the 

Vallejo Police Department,

 Defendants.

 

Case No. 2:24-cv-01879-JAM-AC

APPLICATION AND ORDER TO APPOINT 

WENDY WHITTAKER AS GUARDIAN AD

LITEM FOR MINOR PLAINTIFF

M.G. (ECF No. 11)

1) Petitioner, Wendy Whittaker, is the grandmother of the minor Plaintiff identified

as M.G.

2) Petitioner and M.G. move the Court for an Order appointing Petitioner as Guardian

Ad Litem on behalf of M.G.

3) M.G. is under the age of 18.

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4) M.G. has claims for damages against Defendant City of Vallejo under 42 U.S.C. Section

1983 and under California law, which are brought before this Court because of an incident that 

occurred on July 3, 2023.

5) No previous application for appointment of a Guardian Ad Litem in this matter has

been filed.

6) Petitioner is the grandmother of M.G. Petitioner is willing to serve as the Guardian Ad Litem 

for M.G. Petitioner is fully competent to understand and protect the rights of M.G. and has no 

interest adverse to M.G.

WHEREFORE, Petitioner, Wendy Whittaker, prays that she be appointed guardian ad litem for

minor, M.G.

 Burris, Nisenbaum, Curry and Lacy, LLP

Dated: July 25, 2024 __/s/ Kenneth Chike Odiwe __

 Kenneth Chike Odiwe

 Attorney for Plaintiffs

Dated: July 25, 2024 By: * Wendy Whittaker____

 Petitioner 

* Burris, Nisenbaum, Curry and Lacy, LLP has on file all

holographic signatures corresponding to any

signatures indicated by a conformed signature

within this e-filed document.

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ORDER

Petitioner Wendy Whittaker’s application for appointment as guardian ad litem for minor

Plaintiff M.G. is hereby GRANTED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 25, 2024 /s/ John A. Mendez

THE HONORABLE JOHN A. MENDEZ

SENIOR UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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