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Tenth Circuit· 3/17/1998

M.M. v. Zavaras

Citations

  • 139 F.3d 798
  • 1998 Colo. J. C.A.R. 1334
  • 40 Fed. R. Serv. 3d 498
  • 1998 U.S. App. LEXIS 4975
  • 1998 WL 116168

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

  • affirming district court’s refusal to allow indigent prisoner plaintiff to proceed anonymously because the plaintiff’s requested relief involved the use of public funds and the public “has a valid interest in knowing how state revenues are spent”
  • in civil rights action by prison inmate, claiming denial of access to abortion services, plaintiff could not proceed under pseudonym, claim of retaliation by defendants in ease of disclosure lacked weight where plaintiffs identity was already known to defendants
  • public interest outweighed any privacy interest Doe v. Deschamps, 64 F.R.D. 652 (D. Mont. 1974); Doe v. General Hosp. of the Dist. of Columbia, 434 F.2d 427 (D.C. Cir. 1970); Doe v. Dunbar, 320 F. Supp. 1297 (D. Colo. 1970
  • public has valid interest in knowing how state spends revenues
  • public has valid interest in knowing how state spends revenues

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Judges: Baldock, Holloway, Brown

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