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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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PETITION AND (PROPOSED) ORDER FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM

Case No. 2:15-cv-00430-GEB-KJN 1

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JOHN L. BURRIS, Esq./ State Bar #69888

BENJAMIN NISENBAUM, Esq./State Bar #222173

LAW OFFICES OF JOHN L. BURRIS

Airport Corporate Centre

7677 Oakport Street, Suite 1120

Oakland, California 94621

Telephone: (510) 839-5200 Facsimile: (510) 839-3882

Attorneys for Plaintiffs

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

R.T., a minor, by and through her guardian ad 

litem PENEUILA NUU, individually and as 

successor-in-interest to Decedent MATAUTU

NUU; PENEUILA NUU; MATAUAO NUU; 

KARISIMASI NUU; K.O., a minor, by and 

through her guardian ad litem, DANIEL OJEDA; 

Plaintiffs,

vs.

CITY OF STOCKTON, a municipal corporation; 

et al. 

Defendants.

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PETITION AND (PROPOSED) ORDER FOR 

APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM 

PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM 

1. Petitioner, Peneuila Nuu, is the grandmother of the minor plaintiff R.T. 

2. This petition seeks the appointment of Peneuila Nuu as guardian ad litem for the abovenamed minor. Said minor does not have a general guardian and no previous petition for appointment 

of a guardian ad litem for the above-named minor has been filed in this matter. 

3. Plaintiff, R.T., is a minor, born in July 1998, and is now 16 years old.

4. The court should appoint a guardian ad litem because the above-named minor has causes 

of action on which suit has been brought for damages under 42 U.S.C. §1983 and under California 

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PETITION AND (PROPOSED) ORDER FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM

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law. The wrongful death and civil rights violations of her natural father, Matautu Nuu occurred on or 

about January 28, 2015, in the City of Stockton, California. As a result of said civil rights violation, 

MATAUTU NUU died on or about January 28, 2015 in the City of Stockton, California. Plaintiff 

R.T. was contemporaneously present and suffered severe emotional distress as a result of the 

Defendants’ conduct.

6. The proposed guardian ad litem is the grandmother of the minor. The minor resides with 

the Petitioner at their residence in Stockton, California. Petitioner is a responsible person and fully 

competent to act as the minor’s guardian ad litem. 

7. The proposed guardian ad litem is fully competent and qualified to understand and protect 

the rights of the person he or she will represent and has no interests adverse to the interests of that 

person. 

LAW OFFICES OF JOHN L. BURRIS

Dated: July 8, 2015 By:/s/ Benjamin Nisenbaum

 John L. Burris, Esq.

 Benjamin Nisenbaum, Esq. 

 Attorney for Plaintiffs

 R.T., et al. 

I declare under penalty of perjury under the laws of the State of California and the United 

States that the foregoing is true and correct.

Date:

Peneuila Nuu, Petitioner

CONSENT TO ACT AS GUARDIAN AD LITEM

I consent to the appointment as guardian ad litem under the above petition.

Date:

Peneuila Nuu, (Proposed) Guardian Ad Litem

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PETITION AND (PROPOSED) ORDER FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING PETITION FOR

APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM

Having considered the petition of Peneuila Nuu to be appointed as guardian ad litem for the 

minor plaintiff, R.T., and for good cause shown:

THE COURT ORDERS that Peneuila Nuu is hereby appointed as the guardian ad litem for 

the reasons set forth in the petition.

Dated: July 29, 2015

 

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