United States v. One Parcel of Property Located at 9607 Lee Road 72

OPINION AND ORDER

MYRON H. THOMPSON, District Judge.

The cause is before the court on the government’s request for appointment of a guardian ad litem for claimant Broderick Zellers. The court cannot rule on the government’s request at this time because the record contains insufficient evidence for the court to determine Zellers’s competency to participate in this civil asset forfeiture proceeding. Accordingly, the court will order a psychological evaluation of Zellers’s legal competency.

Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 17(c) provides for the appointment of a guardian ad litem to “protect an…