LK
LK v. United States Citizenship and Immigration Services
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 L K, Case No. 24-cv-00675-LJC
8 Plaintiff,
ORDER RE: MOTION FOR LEAVE TO
9 v. PROCEED ANONYMOUSLY
10 UNITED STATES CITIZENSHIP AND Re: ECF No. 3 IMMIGRATION SERVICES, et al., 11 Defendants.
12 13 On February 5, 2024, Plaintiff L.K. filed his Complaint seeking, inter alia, a writ of 14 mandamus compelling Defendants to schedule an asylum interview and make a determination on 15 Plaintiff’s asylum application without further delay. ECF No. 1 (Compl.) ¶¶ 72–78. Plaintiff 16 concurrently filed a Motion for Leave to Proceed Anonymously. ECF No. 3. Defendants have not 17 responded to the motion, nor have they appeared in this matter. 18 “The normal presumption in litigation is that parties must use their real names.” Doe v. 19 Kamehameha Sch./Bernice Pauahi Bishop Estate, 596 F.3d 1036, 1042 (9th Cir. 2010); see also 20 Fed. R. Civ. P. 10(a) (stating that “title of the complaint must name all the parties.”) Although the 21 Ninth Circuit recognizes that…