T.G. ex rel. Tanita J. v. Kern County, 1:18-cv-00257-DAD-JLT. (2018)
Court: District Court, E.D. California
Number: infdco20180307965
Visitors: 6
Filed: Mar. 06, 2018
Latest Update: Mar. 06, 2018
Summary: ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO PROCEED USING INITIALS (Doc. No. 5) DALE A. DROZD , District Judge . Plaintiffs are minors with various disabilities, proceeding with counsel and challenging their conditions of confinement at Kern County juvenile detention facilities pursuant to claims brought under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act. (Doc. No. 1.) On February 23, 2018, plaintiffs filed an unoppose
Summary: ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO PROCEED USING INITIALS (Doc. No. 5) DALE A. DROZD , District Judge . Plaintiffs are minors with various disabilities, proceeding with counsel and challenging their conditions of confinement at Kern County juvenile detention facilities pursuant to claims brought under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act. (Doc. No. 1.) On February 23, 2018, plaintiffs filed an unopposed..
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ORDER GRANTING MOTION TO PROCEED USING INITIALS
(Doc. No. 5)
DALE A. DROZD, District Judge.
Plaintiffs are minors with various disabilities, proceeding with counsel and challenging their conditions of confinement at Kern County juvenile detention facilities pursuant to claims brought under Title II of the Americans with Disabilities Act, the Rehabilitation Act and the Individuals with Disabilities Education Improvement Act. (Doc. No. 1.) On February 23, 2018, plaintiffs filed an unopposed motion to proceed using their initials as opposed to their full names. (Doc. No. 5.) Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2(a) provides, in relevant part, that "in an electronic or paper filing with the court that contains . . . the name of an individual known to be a minor . . . a party or nonparty making the filing may include only . . . the minor's initials."
Given the sensitive nature of the allegations and the plain language of Rule 5.2(a), it is proper to refer to the minor plaintiffs using only their initials. The court will likewise grant the motion to permit the minor plaintiffs' next friend and general guardian to be referred to using only their initials because they are the relatives of minor plaintiffs, and consequently, disclosure of the next friend and guardian's full names could be tantamount to disclosing the minor plaintiffs' full names.1
IT IS SO ORDERED.
FootNotes
1. The order with respect to the use of initials only in referring to plaintiff's next friend and guardian is without prejudice to reconsideration should that become appropriate.
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