Doe 1 v. National Collegiate Athletic Association

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division JOHN DOE 1, et al., Case No. 22-cv-01559-LB

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING

v. ADMINISTRATIVE MOTION TO

PROCEED ANONYMOUSLY

NATIONAL COLLEGIATE ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION, et al., Re: ECF Nos. 53, 59 15 Defendants. 16 INTRODUCTION The parties dispute whether the plaintiffs may proceed anonymously in this litigation.1 The defendants oppose the motion on the grounds that the allegations are not, in the defendants’ view, serious enough to warrant shielding the plaintiffs’ identities from the public. The defendants also claim that maintaining the plaintiffs’ anonymity will prejudice their ability to conduct discovery and investigate the plaintiffs’ allegations.2 The court grants the plaintiffs’ motion to proceed anonymously because the nature of the allegations supports the plaintiffs’ position that revealing their identities could cause mental or emotional harm and…