1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 JANE DOE, Case No. 21-cv-06279-AGT g Plaintiff, V. ORDER ON MOTION FOR LEAVE TO 9 PROCEED UNDER A FICTITIOUS LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY OF NAME 0 NORTH AMERICA, et al., Re: Dkt. No. 2 11 Defendants. ae 12 Plaintiff has asked the Court for permission to proceed under a fictitious name. Her motion

~ 13 || suggests that anonymity may be necessary “to preserve privacy in a matter of sensitive and highly

v 14 personal nature,” Does I thru XXIII v. Advanced Textile Corp.,

(9th Cir. 2000)

15 || (simplified), but the defendants have yet to be served or to enter an appearance, and the Court must G16 || consider the risk of unfairness to them in evaluating plaintiff's request. See

For now, plaintiff

= 17 || may proceed under the fictitious name Jane Doe and may execute any documents related to this

18 lawsuit using that pseudonym. But she must re-notice her motion within 30 days of when both 19 || defendants appear, at which point they may respond. 20 IT IS SO ORDERED. 21 Dated: August 23, 2021 22 23 ALEX G. TSE United States Magistrate Judge 25 26 27 28