S.P.
S.P. v. United States of America, et al.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 S.P., Case No. 25-cv-10067-TSH
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING REQUEST TO
v. PROCEED ANONYMOUSLY
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, et al., Defendants.
12 Plaintiff S.P. brings this case against Defendants United States of America, Michael O’Connor, and Ray Garcia, alleging sexual abuse while incarcerated by the Federal Bureau of Prisons at the Federal Correctional Institute Dublin. Plaintiff now seeks leave to proceed under a pseudonym to protect her identity, arguing (1) she is vulnerable to retaliation from those who might identify or sympathize with the Defendants, (2) if her identity is revealed, she and her loved ones will face further humiliation and potential retaliation and/or psychological and physical harm, not as a consequence of a voluntary choice on her part, but as a result of her being a victim of abuse, and (3) if her true name is publicly revealed in these proceedings it could impair her ability to…