Doe

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA SAN JOSE DIVISION 6 JOHN DOE, Case No. 21-cv-02602-BLF

Plaintiff,

ORDER PERMITTING PLAINTIFF TO

v. PROCEED UNDER PSEUDONYM;

GRANTING MOTIONS TO SEAL

PROGRESSIVE CASUALTY INSURANCE COMPANY, [Re: ECF No. 35, 48] 11 Defendant. 12 This order concerns two related matters in this case: (1) whether to permit Plaintiff to proceed pseudonymously and (2) whether to seal portions of materials that would reveal Plaintiff’s identity. The Court addresses these issues in turn. I. PROCEEDING PSEUDONYMOUSLY Plaintiff filed this action in state court under a pseudonym but has not moved to proceed pseudonymously in this court. Plaintiff has stated in court filings that he desires to proceed pseudonymously due to harassment and discrimination he has received as a transgender man. “In this circuit, we allow parties to use pseudonyms in the unusual case when nondisclosure of the party's identity…