Amicus Brief Urging Court to Hear Pseudonymity Case
Profs. Benjamin Edwards, Jayne S. Ressler, Joan Steinman, and I—who are among the few academics who have written on the American law of pseudonymous litigation—have just filed an amicus brief in Doe v. Trustees of Univ. of Indiana, supporting a petition that asks the court to consider this case, and help guide lower federal courts about when pseudonymity should be available. Here’s our Summary of Argument; you can also read the whole brief (and I expect to post some excerpts from it as well):
[1.] In more than a thousand federal cases each year, plaintiffs endeavor to file under a pseudonym. Sometimes, courts explicitly permit this. Sometimes, they do not. Sometimes, they do not address the issue at all.
Decisions about whether to permit pseudonymity are important. They affect the public’s right to monitor and supervise the work of the federal courts
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