Carl Stephen Thomas v. J.W. Humfield

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• holding that district court \may apply any procedure [for determining competency] that meets the requirements of due process\
• holding that district court “may apply any procedure [for determining competency] that meets the requirements of due process”
• holding that a party to litigation is entitled to notice and a hearing before the court declares him incompetent and appoints a GAL
• finding that the law of an individual’s domicile determines their competence to sue on their own behalf for purposes of Rule 17(c)
• stating that the district court \may apply any procedure that meets the requirements of due process\
• observing that the appointment of a guardian 16 ad litem implicates due process concerns because it deprives a litigant of the right to control litigation 17 and subjects them to possible stigmatization

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