Wilson v. Cleveland County Board of Education, 1:17 cv 250. (2018)
Court: District Court, W.D. North Carolina
Number: infdco20180109994
Visitors: 6
Filed: Jan. 08, 2018
Latest Update: Jan. 08, 2018
Summary: ORDER DENNIS L. HOWELL , Magistrate Judge . On September 11, 2017, T.W., by next friend and mother Kristena Wilson, filed her Complaint [# 1]. T.W. is eighteen [# 1]. T.W. has been diagnosed with autism and suffers from anxiety and narcolepsy [# 1]. While the distinction between next friend and guardian ad litem remains fine, the Court will require that a guardian ad litem be appointed for T.W. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 17(c)(2) ; Blackwell v. Vance Trucking Co. , 139 F.Supp. 103 , 106 (1956).
Summary: ORDER DENNIS L. HOWELL , Magistrate Judge . On September 11, 2017, T.W., by next friend and mother Kristena Wilson, filed her Complaint [# 1]. T.W. is eighteen [# 1]. T.W. has been diagnosed with autism and suffers from anxiety and narcolepsy [# 1]. While the distinction between next friend and guardian ad litem remains fine, the Court will require that a guardian ad litem be appointed for T.W. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 17(c)(2) ; Blackwell v. Vance Trucking Co. , 139 F.Supp. 103 , 106 (1956). ..
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ORDER
DENNIS L. HOWELL, Magistrate Judge.
On September 11, 2017, T.W., by next friend and mother Kristena Wilson, filed her Complaint [# 1]. T.W. is eighteen [# 1]. T.W. has been diagnosed with autism and suffers from anxiety and narcolepsy [# 1]. While the distinction between next friend and guardian ad litem remains fine, the Court will require that a guardian ad litem be appointed for T.W. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 17(c)(2); Blackwell v. Vance Trucking Co., 139 F.Supp. 103, 106 (1956).
Therefore, the Court DIRECTS Plaintiff's counsel to file a motion to have Plaintiff's mother, or someone else qualified, to be appointed as a guardian ad litem for T.W.
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