R.M. v. Warden of the Golden State Annex Detention Facility, et al.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 R.M., No. 1:25-cv-1607 TLN AC P Petitioner, v. ORDER WARDEN OF THE GOLDEN STATE ANNEX DETENTION FACILITY, et al., 15 Respondent. 16 Petitioner, proceeding through counsel, has filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 2241. Currently before the court are petitioner’s motion to proceed pseudonymously and for a protective order and motion to seal a medical report. ECF Nos. 16, 17, 19. Both motions are unopposed. In the motion to proceed pseudonymously, petitioner asserts that they are an asylum seeker and are requesting to proceed using only their initials due to the risk of retaliatory harm. ECF No. 16. Parties are permitted “to use pseudonyms in the ‘unusual case’ when nondisclosure of the party’s identity ‘is necessary . . . to protect a person from harassment, injury, ridicule or personal embarrassment.’” Does I through XXIII v. Advanced Textile Corp., 214 F.3d 1058, 1067-68 (9th Cir.…