Jenny

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 JENNY, et al., Case No. 23-cv-05634-AGT

Plaintiffs,

ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO

v. PROCEED WITH PSEUDONYMS

JOSEPH ANDREW MOLLICK, Re: Dkt. No. 6 Defendant.

12 The defendant in this civil action, Joseph Mollick, was charged in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of California for knowingly possessing child pornography in violation of 18 U.S.C. §§ 2252(a)(4)(B) and (b)(2). Dkt. 1, Compl. ¶ 35. Mollick pled guilty in January 2023, and he was sentenced and a judgment was entered against him in May 2023. Id. ¶ 36. The plaintiffs, who were depicted in the images of child pornography seized from Mollick’s possession, brought this action for civil damages and have moved to proceed pseudonymously. Dkt. 6. Their motion is granted. “[M]any federal courts, including the Ninth Circuit, have permitted parties to proceed anonymously when special circumstances justify secrecy.” Does I thru XXIII v. Advanced Textile 22…