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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JOHN DOE, Case No. 20-cv-02917-JSC

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE: PETITIONER’S MOTION

v. TO PROCEED UNDER A

PSEUDONYM

WILLIAM BARR, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 5 Defendants.

12 Petitioner John Doe is a citizen and national of El Salvador who has resided in the United States since 2011. He has been detained at the Yuba County Jail in Marysville, California since August 2019 pursuant to 8 U.S.C. § 1226(a). On April 29, 2020, Petitioner filed a writ of habeas corpus alleging that his detention violated his Fifth Amendment due process rights. (Dkt. No. 4.) Along with his habeas petition, he filed a motion to proceed under a pseudonym because of his status as an asylum seeker and because his petition discusses his mental health diagnosis. (Dkt. No. 5.) The government opposes Petitioner’s motion to proceed under a pseudonym because since Petitioner filed this habeas petition, he filed an application for release as a class member in …