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

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 A.V., A SEX TRAFFICKED Case No. 26-cv-00088-TSH

INDIVIDUAL,

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

AVALONBAY COMMUNITIES, INC.

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