Jane Doe P.B., et al. v. Roblox Corporation, et al.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JANE DOE P.B., et al., Case No. 25-cv-10596-JST

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

v. PROCEED UNDER PSEUDONYM

ROBLOX CORPORATION, et al., Re: ECF No. 3 Defendants.

12 Plaintiff moves to proceed under the pseudonym “Jane Doe C.B.” and for their guardian to proceed under the pseudonym “John Doe P.B.” ECF No. 3 at 1. “The normal presumption in litigation is that parties must use their real names.” Doe v. Kamehameha Schools/Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate, 596 F.3d 1036, 1042 (9th Cir. 2010); see also Fed. R. Civ. P. 10(a) (requiring that the title of every complaint include the names of all the parties). This presumption stems from “the public’s common law right of access to judicial proceedings,” Does I thru XXIII v. Advanced Textile Corp., 214 F.3d 1058, 1067 (9th Cir. 2000), and “the right of private individuals to confront their accusers.” Kamehameha Schools, 596 F.3d at 1042. However, a party may “proceed anonymously when…