Metropolitan Life Insurance Company v. Vagt et al

Filing 6

ORDER granting Plaintiff's unopposed 2 Motion to appoint a guardian ad litem for Defendant B.V., a minor. Court orders parties to submit a list of candidates to the Court by 3/31/2017. Authorized by U.S. District Judge John C Coughenour. (PM)

THE HONORABLE JOHN C. COUGHENOUR

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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METROPOLITAN LIFE INSURANCE CO.,

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Plaintiff,

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MINUTE ORDER

v.

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CASE NO. C17-0169-JCC

GERARD VAGT, et al.,

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Defendants.

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The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable John C.
Coughenour, United States District Judge:
This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiff’s unopposed motion to appoint a

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guardian ad litem (GAL) for Defendant B.V., a minor. (Dkt. No. 2.) Where a minor is

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unrepresented in an action, the Court must appoint a GAL. Fed. R. Civ. P. 17(c)(2); Local Rule

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17(c). Therefore, the Court finds that appointment of a GAL is appropriate in this case to

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represent B.V.’s interests and the motion is GRANTED. The Court ORDERS the parties to meet

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and confer and submit to the Court three candidates for a GAL. These candidates shall be

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suitable, disinterested persons with the requisite knowledge, training, and expertise to perform

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the duties required to protect B.V.’s fiduciary and legal interests in this case. The parties are

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DIRECTED to submit the list of candidates to the Court on or before March 31, 2017.

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DATED this 2nd day of March 2017.

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William M. McCool
Clerk of Court

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s/Paula McNabb
Deputy Clerk

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