California Litigants Must Ask for Pseudonymity, Rather Than Just Filing Under a Pseudonym
From L.A. Superior Court Judge Frank Tavelman’s order last Friday in Roe v. Smith:
Plaintiffs have not adhered to the proper procedure for proceeding anonymously. Before a party can proceed anonymously, they must move the Court for permission to do so. This procedure is addressed in Department of Fair Employment and Housing v. Superior Court of Santa Clara County (2022) 82 Cal.App.5th 105 (hereinafter DFEH). There the Court observed the following:
Procedurally, because a hearing is required, a party who wants to proceed anonymously will file the initial complaint or petition conditionally under a pseudonym and then move for an order granting permission to proceed that way. If the reques
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