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Nature of Suit Code: 340
Nature of Suit: Marine Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 46:30902 to 30911 Suits in Admiralty Act

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11 JACK SHUMAKER, by and through his

Guardian Ad Litem Patrice Shumaker,

Plaintiff,

Case No.: 3:16-cv-02652-BEN-AGS

12 ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

13 APPOINT GUARDIAN AD LITEM

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UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, and

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PlaintiffJack Shumaker1 has filed an exparte motion to appoint Patrice Shumaker

as his Guardian Ad Litem. (Docket No. 7.) Pursuant to Rule 17(c)(1)(A), a “general

guardian” may sue on behalf of a minor, and a “a parent is a guardian who may so sue.”

Prudential Ins. Co. ofAm. v. Remington, No. 2:12-CV-02821-GEB, 2013 WL 3070629,

at *1 (E.D. Cal. June 17, 2013) (quoting Cmty. for Equity v. Mich. High Sch. Athletic

Ass'n, 26 F. Supp. 2d 1001, 1006 (W.D. Mich. 1998)). Thus, although it does not appear

that such an order is necessary, the Court GRANTS Plaintiffs motion.

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26 i Although the Motion names both Patrice Shumaker and Jack Shumaker “Plaintiff’

(docket no. 7 at 1:18; 1:23), it is the Court’s understanding that Jack Shumaker is the sole

named plaintiffin this action.

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Patrice Shumaker is hereby appointed as Plaintiffs Guardian Ad Litem. However,

should Patrice Shumaker become a plaintiffto the action and an actual or potential

conflict ofinterest arises between her and Jack Shumaker, the Court must appoint a new

Guardian Ad Litem. See Bhatia v. Corrigan, No. C 07-2054 CW, 2007 WL 1455908, at

*1 (N.D. Cal. May 16, 2007) (quoting Williams v. Superior Court, 54 Cal. Rptr. 3d 13, 23

(Cal. Ct. App. 2007) (“[I]fthe parent has an actual or potential conflict ofinterest with

his child, the parent has no right to control or influence the child's litigation.”).

IT IS SO ORDERED.

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