Ms. R.H. v. United States
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 MS. R.H., et al., Case No. 23-cv-05793-SVK
Plaintiffs,
ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO
v. PROCEED UNDER PSEUDONYMS
AND FOR A PROTECTIVE ORDER
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Re: Dkt. No. 5 Defendant.
Before the Court is Plaintiffs’ motion to proceed under pseudonyms and for a protective order. Dkt. 5 (the “Motion”). For the reasons that follow, the Court GRANTS the Motion. I. BACKGROUND Plaintiffs are a mother and her two minor sons who fled to the United States from El Salvador to escape violence and abuse. See id. at 2. Immigration officials separated them when they entered the country. See id. They commenced this action to recover for the physical, emotional and psychological harm they suffered in connection with this forced separation. See id. Concurrently with filing their complaint, Plaintiffs filed the Motion, seeking to “protect their highly sensitive and personal information, including information relating…