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1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 JANE DOE, No. 2:24-cv-00899-CKD 12 Plaintiff, ORDER 13 v. 14 COUNTY OF SAN JOAQUIN, ET AL., 15 Defendant. 16 17 Plaintiff filed this civil rights action on March 20, 2024, alleging sexual harassment and 18 rape by a peace officer. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff has filed a motion to proceed by the pseudonym 19 “Jane Doe” in place of her true and correct name. (ECF No. 2.) For the reasons below, plaintiff's 20 ex parte motion to proceed by pseudonym is GRANTED, subject to reconsideration when 21 defendants appear in this action. 22 I. Legal Standard 23 While the presumption in litigation is that parties must use their real names, courts permit 24 parties to proceed anonymously when special circumstances justify secrecy.1 Does I thru XXIII 25

26 1 This presumption is loosely related to the public’s right to open courts and the right of private individuals to confront their accusers. Doe #3 v. California, 2023 WL 3996476, at *1 (E.D. Cal. 27 June 14, 2023), citing…