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No Second Amendment or Privacy Right Problem with California Laws Disclosing Firearms Purchaser Information to Certain Researchers

From today's decision in Doe v. Bonta, written by Judge Mary Schroeder and joined by Judges Patrick Bumatay and Salvandor Mendoza: California's DOJ maintains two databases relevant to this case. The first database relates to purchasers of firearms and applicants for CCWs. It is called the Automated Firearm System ["AFS"].…

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Pseudonymity Tentatively Allowed in "Wet Farts" Wrongful Discipline Lawsuit Against Columbia

When may plaintiffs in highly politically controversial cases sue pseudonymously, in order to avoid public hostility?

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No Pseudonymity for Alleged Jeffrey Epstein Victims Suing FBI Over Failure to Properly Investigate Epstein

From Doe v. U.S., decided yesterday by Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil (S.D.N.Y.): Plaintiffs allege that for over two decades, the Federal Bureau of Investigation … allowed [Jeffrey] Epstein and others to sex traffic and sexually abuse children and young women by failing to investigate the reports, tips, and evidence it…

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Second Amendment Protects Public Housing Tenants

The public Cortland Housing Authority (near Syracuse) required its tenants not to possess "firearms … or other weapons as defined by the laws and courts of the State of New York" on its property. In Hunter v. Cortland Housing Authority, decided Jan. 30, 2024 (though I somehow missed it), Judge…

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Don't Forget Your First-Year Civil Procedure Lessons on Personal Jurisdiction

From Castro v. Doe, decided Monday by Judge Mark Pittman (N.D. Tex.): John Anthony Castro filed this lawsuit on June 16, 2023, alleging that former President Donald Trump, among others, conspired to publish defamatory, verifiably false statements about him on his Wikipedia page. These supposedly false statements include the notion…

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Brief Opposing Pseudonymity in Ohio Libel Case

I thought I'd pass along this friend-of-the-court brief that I just filed a couple of days ago in the Ohio Court of Appeals (Doe v. Roe), with the help of invaluable local counsel Jeffrey M. Nye (Stagnaro, Saba & Patterson) and UCLA LL.M. student Bhavyata Kapoor. [* * *] This…

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The Sequel to Doe v. Mills: Justice Barrett Tightens The Screws On The Shadow Docket

The center of the Court wants to push back on temporary administrative stays and the Fifth Circuit.

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No Pseudonymity in Mental-Health-Related Lawsuit

From Koe v. Univ. Hospitals Health Systems, Inc., decided yesterday by the Sixth Circuit (Chief Judge Jeffrey Sutton, Judge Alan Norris, and Judge Eugene Siler): Koe was a medical resident at Case Western Reserve University/University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center from June 2019 until he was discharged in April 2021, ostensibly…

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No Pseudonymity for Woman Suing Alleging Rape by Sean "Diddy" Combs

From yesterday's decision by Judge Jessica Clarke (S.D.N.Y.) in Doe v. Combs: Plaintiff alleges that Combs, Pierre and the Third Assailant … gang raped her when she was {17 years old} [and under the influence of drugs and alcohol they supplied] …. The Court recognizes that public disclosure of Doe's…

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The Chiefs are bringing in Matt Araiza to compete for their punting job

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No Pseudonymity in Doctor's Case Alleging Labor Trafficking

In Doe v. Jeancharles (M.D. Fla.), Doe is suing "alleging violations of the federal Trafficking Victims' Protection Reauthorization Act ('TVPRA'), violations of the Fair Labor Standards Act ('FLSA'), breach of contract," and related theories. The Complaint alleges that: Dr. Jean-Charles targeted desperate and vulnerable Immigrant Medical Graduates ("IMG"), he lured…

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Alleged Panama Papers Leaker Still May Not Sue in Federal Court While Hiding His Name from the Court

"Plaintiff is entitled ... to make his own judgment about whether disclosing his identity under seal to the Court would pose an inordinate risk to his personal safety. But he is not entitled ... to special dispensation from the well-established requirements of the law."

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"Most Litigants Would Prefer Not to Have Their Medical Problems Published in the Public Records"

But that’s not adequate reason to allow them to litigate pseudonymously, a district court rules.

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"Pseudonymity Is Unavailable" When "Plaintiffs Seek to Gag Sexual Assault Accusers"

From Levy v. Shuster (né Doe v. Roe), handed down Nov. 28 but just unsealed yesterday, following the expiration of plaintiff's time to appeal: Background. According to the allegations in the First Amended Complaint and Jury Demand …, Plaintiff and Defendant dated for nearly a year while enrolled at Tulane…

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OK for Law School to Consider Whether "Students Possess the Mental and Emotional Stability to Join the Bar"

"[T]he wide-ranging conspiracy Doe posits, one that tormented an ordinary law student for months on end using actors, poison, and a weapon that can send electricity wirelessly through brick walls, is too far beyond the pale of human experience to credit without supporting evidence, of which Doe has provided none."

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Court Rejects Attempt to Block Media from Reporting Name of Pseudonymous Litigant

The court required the university defendants to keep plaintiff's identity confidential (common in pseudonymous Title IX cases), but refused to extend this to media, students, and others.

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Getting Dartmouth to Revoke Plaintiff's Admission Wasn't Speech on Issue of Public Interest,

under California's "anti-SLAPP" statute (which allows for prompt dismissal of claims brought based on certain kinds of speech).

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No Pseudonymity in Disability Discrimination / Forced Labor Claim by Terrorism Expert Against Middlebury College

From D.C. Superior Court Judge Todd Edelman's decision two weeks ago in Doe v. President & Fellows of Middlebury College: Plaintiff brought this lawsuit against numerous defendants [including American University, George Washington University, and Middlebury College -EV] alleging inter alia employment discrimination, harassment, forced labor, trafficking in labor or commercial…

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No Pseudonymity or Sealing for Japanese User Seeking to Use American Courts to Subpoena Twitter Critics' Names

"Applicant's warning of a prima facie violation of Japanese law's privacy protections fails to constitute a harm severe enough" to justify pseudonymity.

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Why We Should Care About Pseudonymity in Litigation

Like other features of legal procedure—such as the jury trial, the mechanism for appointing judges, the availability of appeal—pseudonymity both deeply affects the fairness of litigation and, often, the substantive outcomes.

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Can Plaintiffs Alleging Rape Sue Pseudonymously?

The question remains unsettled, with lots of courts decisions on both sides.

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No Pseudonymity in Psychological Disability Employment Discrimination Lawsuit

From Doe v. N.Y. City Dep't of Ed., decided today by Judge Mary Kay Vyskocil (S.D.N.Y.): This is an employment discrimination case. Plaintiff has worked for the DOE since 2012. Plaintiff alleges that she is "psychologically disabled" and was subjected to discrimination, harassment, and unlawful retaliation at work…. [Plaintiff] contends…

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Tattoos, gingerbread and baby onesies: Australians gripped by Matildas fever

The Women’s World Cup co-hosts’ team has captured public imagination – from ardent fans to those who’ve never shown an interest in sport

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ABA House of Delegates Adopts Resolution Opposing Single-Judge Divisions (Updated)

Long before Judges Kacsmaryk and Tipton, there was Judge William Wayne Justice.

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