Doe
Doe v. Google LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JOHN DOE, Case No. 20-cv-06822-JD
Plaintiff,
ORDER RE ATTORNEY’S FEES AND
v. RECONSIDERATION REQUESTS
BORDERLAND BEAT, et al., Re: Dkt. Nos. 37, 38 Defendants.
12 Plaintiff John Doe, who was granted leave to proceed under a pseudonym, Dkt. No. 6, voluntarily dismissed all of the defendants in this action, including fictitious defendants Roes 1- 50. See Dkt. Nos. 10, 36, 43. The case was active for only 10 months between the filing of the complaint in September 2020 and the last round of dismissals in July 2021. Very little happened in the way of litigation during that time. The Court terminated the case in July 2021. While this would seem to have been the end of the matter, a defendant known as Roe 1 filed a motion for attorney’s fees, and a motion “for leave to file a formal motion to reconsider” the pseudonym order. Dkt. Nos. 37 (attorney’s fees), 38 (reconsideration). The parties’ familiarity with the…