From Judge Linda Parker’s opinion Thursday in U.S. v. Markovitz (E.D. Mich.); the defendant is the author of Topless Prophet: The True Story of America’s Most Successful Gentleman’s Club Entrepreneur, though the criminal case appears unrelated to the book: Charles Blackwell initiated this miscellaneous action to unseal the sentencing memoranda in the criminal proceedings against […]
From last week’s decision by Magistrate Judge Alice Senechal in N.D. Human Rights Coalition v. Patriot Front (D.N.D.): Plaintiffs, two nonprofit organizations and an individual, moved ex parte for leave for the individual to proceed under the pseudonym “Plaintiff Doe.” An ex parte order granted that motion. Because those documents were filed ex parte, they […]
From Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart’s opinion Friday in Morrison v. Delray Medical Center, Inc. (S.D. Fla.), reconsidering an earlier sealing order: Dr. John Morrison sues multiple defendants, including Delray Medical Center (“the Hospital”) in a 14 count Complaint alleging both federal and state claims…. The redacted information … [includes] … allegedly defamatory statements about Dr. […]
An interesting decision today by Magistrate Judge Kevin Doyle in Milazzo v. Anthony (D. Vt.), dealing with an issue I had litigated and written about before: Self-represented Plaintiff Bryan Milazzo brings this action against Peter Anthony [based on diversity of citizenship] …. Plaintiff seeks “compensatory and exemplary damages for injuries suffered as the result of […]
Allegheny County Judge Chelsa Wagner’s decision last week in Doe v. Hardy (Pa. Ct. Com. Pl.), didn’t explain its rationale, but here is the argument that the court rejected, which also includes the background factual allegations: Plaintiff John Doe and Defendant Brian Hardy are both members of the Phi Kappa Tau (“PKT”) Fraternity and alumni of […]
From Magistrate Judge Elizabeth Pascal’s decision last month in Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. Doe (D.N.J.), one of the hundreds of cases filed over defendant consumers’ allegedly sharing pornographic films via BitTorrent. The court allows plaintiff to subpoena records from the Internet service provider associated with the IP addresses used in the downloads; that’s pretty […]
Last month, I wrote about a Fourth Circuit decision in Doe v. Sidar, which discusses one-sided pseudonymity. Last week, Google received two requests that it remove that post from its indexes—and thus vanish it from search results—on the theory that the post violated the copyright in a Tumblr post, https://www.tumblr.com/case49news/745091056157196289/fourth-circuit-on-one-sided-pseudonymity-in-sexual: Re: Unknown NOTICE TYPE: DMCA Copyright […]