John CL Doe v. Corporation of the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CIVIL MINUTES -- GENERAL

Case No. ED CV 23-2005-JFW(KKx) Date: November 6, 2023 Title: John CL Doe -v- Corporation of the President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, et al.

PRESENT:

HONORABLE JOHN F. WALTER, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Shannon Reilly None Present Courtroom Deputy Court Reporter

ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR PLAINTIFFS: ATTORNEYS PRESENT FOR DEFENDANTS:

None None

PROCEEDINGS (IN CHAMBERS): ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY COMPLAINT SHOULD

NOT BE DISMISSED

Pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 10, the title of a complaint must set out the names of all parties to the action. Fed. R. Civ. P. 10(a). Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 17(a)(1) requires that an "action must be prosecuted in the name of the real party in interest." In addition, the Central District's Local Rules require parties to list, on the first page of all documents, the "names of the parties." L.R. 11-3.8(d). "The normal presumption in litigation is that parties must use their real names." Doe v. Kamehameha Sch.,…