Palacios

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

JOHN DOE, Case No. 1:20-cv-01052-NONE-SAB

Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S

REQUEST TO SEAL AND REQUIRING

v. DEFENDANTS TO FILE RESPONSE TO

PLAINTIFF’S MOTION TO FILE

UNITED STATES, PSEUDONYMOUS PROCEEDINGS

Defendant. (ECF Nos. 3)

16 John Doe (“Plaintiff”), a federal prisoner, filed this action pursuant to the Federal Tort Claims Act alleging claims of negligence. Along with his complaint, Plaintiff filed a motion to file pseudonymous proceedings and a request to file documents under seal. (ECF Nos. 2, 3.) Upon review of the motion to file pseudonymous proceedings,1 other than a vague reference to assisting law enforcement which is not alleged in the complaint,2 Plaintiff has stated a generalized fear of retaliation based upon the filing of this lawsuit and that this action involves highly-sensitive and private information about John Doe, the Federal Bureau of Prisons

25 1 Plaintiff states that he…