John Doe PLLC v. Seatree PLLC et al

Filing 35

MINUTE ORDER denying plaintiff's 24 Motion for an Order; directing parties to refrain from using pseudonyms when referring to any individual or entity. Authorized by Judge Thomas S. Zilly. (SWT)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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JOHN DOE,

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Plaintiff,
v.

C17-1572 TSZ

SEATREE PLLC, JAMES J. NAMIKI,
KING COUNTY, and JANE DOES,

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Defendants.
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JOHN DOE,
Plaintiff,

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C17-1681 TSZ

v.
SEATREE PLLC, and JAMES J.
NAMIKI,
Defendants.

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The following Minute Order is made by direction of the Court, the Honorable
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(1)
Plaintiff’s “Motion for an Order (i) Providing Facially-Different-Strings to
Allow Easy Differentiation of Dale Cook in his Five (5) Different Respective Legal
Entity Roles, and (ii) Restricting Use of Negative Pregnants in View of Dale Cook, in
his Individual/Personal Capacity’s, Pro Se Status,” docket no. 30 in C17-1572, and
“Motion for an Order (i) Providing Facially-Different-Strings to Allow Easy

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Differentiation of Actual Human Person Dale Cook and his Five (5) Separate Legal
Entities/Roles, and (ii) Restricting Use of Negative Pregnants in View of Dale Cook, in
his Individual/Personal Capacity, Pro Se Status,” docket no. 24 in C17-1681, are
DENIED. The parties are DIRECTED to refrain from using pseudonyms when referring
to any individual or entity and shall refer to any legal entity by that entity’s registered
legal name, as depicted on the corporate filings in the state(s) in which that entity
operates. 1 This is not an “unusual case” where the use of pseudonyms is appropriate,
see, e.g., United States v. Doe, 488 F.3d 1154, 1156 n.1 (9th Cir. 2011), and the Court is
satisfied that uniformly utilizing legal names will provide the Court and the parties with
greater clarity and consistency going forward.

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record.

The Clerk is directed to send a copy of this Minute Order to all counsel of

Dated this 20th day of March, 2018.

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William M. McCool
Clerk

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s/Karen Dews
Deputy Clerk

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To be clear, the parties need not refile any document filed prior to this Minute Order

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