M.S.
M.S. v. Aylo Global Entertainment, Inc.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 M.S., et al., No. 2:25-cv-01139-DJC-JDP 12 Plaintiffs, 13 v. ORDER 14
AYLO GLOBAL ENTERTAINMENT
15 INC., et al., 16 Defendants. 17 18 19 Pending before the Court is Plaintiffs’ Motion to Proceed under a Pseudonym. 20 Plaintiffs seek to proceed under a pseudonym as the case here involves allegations 21 regarding Plaintiffs’ sexual preferences, which raises privacy concerns for Plaintiffs. 22 Defendants did not file an opposition. For the reasons stated below, the Court 23 GRANTS Plaintiffs’ Motion. 24 LEGAL STANDARD 25 “The normal presumption in litigation is that parties must use their real names.” 26 Doe v. Kamehameha Schools/Bernice Pauahi Bishop Est., 596 F.3d 1036, 1042 (9th Cir. 27 2010); see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 10(a) (“The title of the complaint must name all the 28 parties. . .”); Fed. R. Civ. P. 17(a)(1) (“An action must be prosecuted in the name of the 1 real party in interest.”). The Ninth Circuit has held that “a party may preserve his…