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Nature of Suit Code: 110
Nature of Suit: Insurance
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question: Insurance Contract

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PETITION FOR APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD LITEM; PROPOSED ORDER 

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CANDICE L. FIELDS, SBN 172174

CANDICE FIELDS LAW

455 Capitol Mall, Suite 350

Sacramento, California 95814

Telephone: (916) 414-8050

Facsimile: (916) 790-9450

cfields@candicefieldslaw.com

Attorneys for Defendant INGERLISHA MARTINEZ, 

as mother and next friend of the minor child A.M.

UNITED STATES DISTICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

THE PRUDENTIAL INSURANCE 

COMPANY OF AMERICA,

Plaintiff,

v.

A.M, a minor; D.P., a minor; ANDREA

MORGAN in her personal capacity; 

INGERLISHA MARTINEZ, as mother and 

next friend of the minor child A.M.; and 

ANDREA MORGAN, in her capacity as 

mother and next friend of the minor child 

D.P.;

Defendants.

No. 2:13-cv-00820-MCE-AC

PETITION FOR ORDER FOR 

APPOINTMENT OF GUARDIAN AD 

LITEM; PROPOSED ORDER

Pursuant to FRCP 17(c), Petitioner, A.M., a minor, and Defendant Ingerlisha Martinez

(“Ms. Martinez”), as mother and next friend of A.M., petition and request as follows:

1. On April 26, 2013, Plaintiff filed an Interpleader Complaint naming Ms.

Martinez, as mother and next friend of the minor child A.M., as a Defendant/Claimant. (ECF 

1.) The Interpleader Complaint names Ms. Martinez, only in her capacity as mother and 

next friend of the minor child A.M., as a defendant. (Id.)

2. On July 1, 2013, Ms. Martinez, as mother and next friend of the minor child 

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A.M., filed an Answer to the Interpleader Complaint. (ECF 14.)

3. Petitioner A.M. was born on August 10, 2004 and is therefore nine years old. 

4. No previous petition for appointment of a guardian ad litem has been filed in 

this matter.

5. Ingerlisha Martinez is Petitioner A.M.’s mother. Ms. Martinez is a competent 

and responsible person, and is fully capable to act as A.M.’s guardian ad litem. Ms.

Martinez’s current address is 141 N. Circle, Apartment B, Rayville, Louisiana, 71269. Her 

birthdate is July 30, 1988.

6. Ms. Martinez is willing to act as guardian ad litem for Petitioner A.M., as shown 

by her consent below.

Accordingly, Petitioner A.M. requests that this Court issue an order appointing 

Ingerlisha Martinez as guardian ad litem of A.M. for the purposes of resolving the abovecaptioned matter.

Dated: January __, 2014 CANDICE FIELDS LAW

By: /s/ Candice L. Fields 

 CANDICE L. FIELDS Attorney for Defendant INGERLISHA MARTINEZ, As Mother and Next Friend Of The Minor Child A.M.

CONSENT OF NOMINEE

I, Ingerlisha Martinez, the nominee of the minor Petitioner A.M., consent to act as 

guardian ad litem for the minor Petitioner A.M. in the above-captioned matter.

Dated: January __, 2014 

INGERLISHA MARTINEZ

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ORDER

Based on the reasons set forth above, the Petition for an Order appointing Ingerlisha 

Martinez as guardian ad litem for the minor Petitioner A.M. is GRANTED.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 22, 2014

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