J.R. v. San Marcos Unified School District

8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA J.R., by and through her Guardians ad Case No.: 21-CV-1752 JLS (AGS) Litem; NICOLE REED; and RONALD REED, ORDER SUA SPONTE STRIKING 13 PETITION TO APPOINT Plaintiffs, GUARDIANS AD LITEM v. 15 (ECF No. 1-2) SAN MARCOS UNIFIED SCHOOL DISTRICT, 17 Defendant.

19 Presently before the Court is minor Plaintiff J.R.’s ex parte Petition to appoint her parents, Nicole Reed and Ronald Reed, as Guardians ad Litem (ECF No. 1-2). Plaintiff’s Petition contains the full name of the minor Plaintiff. Pursuant to this Court’s General Order No. 514, “counsel or parties shall be required to remove or redact the . . . Names of Minor Children. If the involvement of a minor child must be mentioned, only the initials of that child should be used.” See also Fotinos v. Fotinos, No. C 12-953 CW, 2014 WL 25 546083, at *5 (N.D. Cal. Feb. 7, 2014), aff’d, 644 F. App’x 793 (9th Cir. 2016) (striking filings that improperly included minor child’s name). Accordingly, the Court sua sponte /// /// || STRIKES the Petition. Plaintiff may file a redacted version of the Petition within seven || days of the date of this order.

3 IT IS SO ORDERED.

4 Dated: October 12, 2021 tt 5 jen Janis L. Sammartino 6 United States District Judge