Snyder v. Lehigh Valley Railroad

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• opining that neither the scrutiny and criticism that can alter the way a plaintiff is viewed by coworkers and friends nor “unsubstantiated fears of retaliatory actions by higher-ups” justify pseudonymity
• approving protective order covering personal financial 9 information, juvenile court records, and other private information
• “None of the evidence demonstrates that Doe plaintiffs are likely to face physical retaliation as a result of filing this lawsuit; therefore, they cannot proceed under pseudonyms.”
• “Doe plaintiffs’ general fears, like the declarations, do not persuade the Court of a need for pseudonymous litigation.”
• “fears of embarrassment or vague, unsubstantiated fears of retaliatory actions . . . do not permit a plaintiff to proceed under a pseudonym”
• “None of the evidence demonstrates that Doe plaintiffs are likely to face physical retaliation as a result of filing this lawsuit; therefore, they cannot proceed under pseudonyms.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).