Doe v. Life Insurance Company of North America

4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 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., 214 F.3d 1058, 1068 (9th Cir. 2000) || (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 id. 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 || defendants appear, at which point they may respond.

20 IT IS SO ORDERED.

21 Dated: August 23, 2021 ALEX G. TSE United States Magistrate Judge