H.
H. v. Meta Platforms, Inc.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 E. H., et al., Case No. 23-cv-04784-JST
Plaintiffs,
ORDER GRANTING LEAVE FOR
v. PLAINTIFFS E.H. AND C.S. TO
PROCEED UNDER PSEUDONYM
META PLATFORMS, INC., Re: ECF No. 3 Defendant.
12 Before the Court is Plaintiffs’ unopposed motion seeking leave to proceed under pseudonym. ECF No. 3. The Court will grant the motion. “The normal presumption in litigation is that parties must use their real names.” Doe v. Kamehameha Schs./Bernice Pauahi Bishop Est., 596 F.3d 1036, 1042 (9th Cir. 2010). Parties may proceed pseudonymously only “when nondisclosure of the party’s identity ‘is necessary . . . to protect a person from harassment, injury, ridicule or personal embarrassment.’” Does I Thru XXIII v. Advanced Textile Corp., 214 F.3d 1058, 1067–68 (9th Cir. 2000) (ellipses in original) (quoting United States v. Doe, 655 F.2d 920, 922 n.1 (9th Cir. 1981)). The necessity of protection must “outweigh[] prejudice to the opposing party and the…