A.V., A Sex Trafficked Individual v. AvalonBay Communities, Inc. D/B/A Avalon at Mission Bay, et al.

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 A.V., A SEX TRAFFICKED Case No. 26-cv-00088-TSH

INDIVIDUAL,

8 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING REQUEST TO 9 PROCEED UNDER PSEUDONYM v. 10

AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC.

11 D/B/A AVALON AT MISSION BAY, et al., 12 Defendants. 13 14 Plaintiff A.V. alleges Defendants were participants in a sex-trafficking venture that took 15 place just under a two-year period, starting when Plaintiff was a minor. Compl. ¶ 1, ECF No. 1. 16 As part of her complaint, Plaintiff requests the Court grant a protective order under Federal Rule 17 of Civil Procedure 26(c) to permit her to proceed under a pseudonym, stating she also intends to 18 file a formal motion to proceed under a pseudonym after completing service on Defendants so as 19 to determine whether they would oppose Plaintiff’s request. Id. ¶ 7. 20 A defendant’s due process right to confront an adversary and the public’s right of access to 21 judicial proceedings require that, in most cases, individuals filing lawsuits do so in their own 22 …