Doe 3 v. State of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 JANE DOE #3, Case No. 1:23-cv-00868-JLT-BAM (PC) Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S EX

PARTE MOTION TO PROCEED BY

v. PSEUDONYM STATE OF CALIFORNIA, et al., (ECF No. 5.) Defendants. 16 Plaintiff, proceeding with counsel, initiated this action on June 6, 2023. (ECF No. 1.) On June 12, 2023, plaintiff filed the instant ex parte motion requesting permission to proceed by the pseudonym “Jane Doe #3” in place of her true and correct name because this case involves allegations of sexual assault and rape by a correctional officer. (ECF No. 5.) Having considered the motion, and for the reasons that follow, plaintiff’s ex parte request to proceed by pseudonym will be granted, subject to reconsideration when defendants appear in this action. LEGAL STANDARD The normal presumption in litigation is that parties must use their real names, which is loosely related to the public’s right…