(PC) Holston v. Viera Rosa

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 7 JOHN DOE, No. 2:20-cv-01076-CKD-P Plaintiff, v. ORDER SHANE ALDERSON, et al., Defendants. 13 Plaintiff is a county inmate who filed a civil rights complaint pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1983 along with an application to file all documents in the case under seal. ECF No. 1. The court denied plaintiff’s request to seal and returned the complaint with all accompanying documents that contained plaintiff’s identifying information. Plaintiff was instructed that he could file an amended complaint on the publicly accessible court docket within 21 days from the date of the court’s order. ECF No. 2. Plaintiff has now filed a motion to proceed under the pseudonym of “John Doe.” ECF No. 4. The pending motion also requests that any documents containing his real name be filed under seal. ECF No. 4. For good cause shown and for the reasons explained herein, the court will grant plaintiff’s motion to proceed as “John Doe.” …