Doe

MEMORANDUM **

Appellant John Doe (“Doe”) appeals the district court’s denial of his motion to proceed anonymously in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983 action that he filed against several members of the City of Portland Police Bureau after he was arrested and prosecuted for prostitution procurement activities. We have jurisdiction under the collateral order doctrine, see Does I thru XXIII v. Advanced Textile Corp., 214 F.3d 1058, 1065-67 (9th Cir.2000), and we affirm. We review for an abuse of discretion the district court’s decision to deny Doe permission to use a fictitious name. Id. at 1069 .

Doe argues that he will experience embarrassment and may face difficulties finding employment if he is not allowed to proceed under a pseudonym, and that Advanced Textile compels the conclusion that he is therefore entitled to do so. He fur *657 ther contends that the district court was required to consider whether additional measures of mitigation were available to protect Doe’s privacy. We disagree.

Doe’s purported need to proceed anonymously does not implicate the highly intimate, personal information contemplated in Advanced Textile. See id. at 1068. Indeed, Doe’s arrest, prosecution and…