Doe v. Hamburg et al

Filing 21

ORDER by Judge Edward M. Chen granting 9 Plaintiff's Motion for Leave to Proceed Anonymously Using a Pseudonym (emclc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/10/2012)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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JANE DOE,

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Plaintiff,

For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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v.
MARGARET A. HAMBURG, M.D., et al.,

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No. C-12-3412 EMC

Defendants.

ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S
MOTION FOR LEAVE TO PROCEED
ANONYMOUSLY USING A
PSEUDONYM
(Docket No. 9)

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Plaintiff has asked leave of the Court to proceed in this case under the following pseudonym:

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Jane Doe. Defendants do not oppose the request. Because Defendants do not oppose Plaintiff’s

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motion and because Plaintiff has established good cause for her request, Plaintiff’s motion is hereby

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GRANTED. The hearing on the motion is VACATED.

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Plaintiff may proceed in this case using the pseudonym Jane Doe.

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Plaintiff shall hereinafter be referred to in pleadings, motions, and so forth as Jane

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If a document, thing, or other information reveals Plaintiff’s true legal name, date of

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Doe.

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birth, social security number, telephone number, email address, mailing or physical address, or any

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other information that can reasonably be used to identify Plaintiff (“personally identifiable

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information”), then, before it is filed with the Court, all personally identifiable information shall be

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redacted therefrom. Plaintiff and/or Defendants may redact the personally identifiable information

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without seeking prior leave of the Court.

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This order does not bar Defendants from asking Plaintiff to provide her personally

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identifiable information as a part of initial disclosures and/or discovery. If, however, Defendants

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seek this information, then the parties shall meet and confer regarding the terms of a protective order

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to maintain the confidentiality of the information.

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The parties shall meet and confer regarding the terms of a protective order to

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maintain the confidentiality of the information which might be disclosed or discovered. The parties

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shall submit a stipulated protective order to the Court for approval. Defendants shall not make any

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disclosures of the information until a protective order is entered by this Court.

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This order disposes of Docket No. 9.

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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IT IS SO ORDERED.

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Dated: September 10, 2012

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EDWARD M. CHEN
United States District Judge

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