Gonzalez Ex Rel. Gonzalez v. Reno

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• holding that resolution of the Rule 17 issue first requires that plaintiff have Article III standing
• stating that, if at any point, the district court feels that the minor is not being properly represented, the court must address that issue and appoint a representative
• noting, despite terminological similarity, a “[p]laintiff’s standing is a distinct inquiry from that of [his guardian’s] capacity to act as Plaintiff’s next friend [or guardian ad litem].”
• “Typically, the next friend who sues on behalf of a minor is that minor’s parent.”
• the “capacity 20 doctrine speaks to a party’s ‘legal qualification, such as legal age, that determines one’s ability to 21 sue or be sued . . ..”

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