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1:19-cv-07625-AJN-DCF Document28
1:19-cv-07771-PKC Document 24-1FiledFiled 10/16/19
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK
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KATLYN DOE,

Plaintiff, 19-cv-7771 (PKC)

-against- ORDER

DARREN K. INDYKE, et al..,

Defendant.
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CASTEL, U.S.D.J.

Plaintiff seeks leave to proceed in this action without disclosing her identity using

instead a pseudonym. She alleges that Jeffrey Epstein, with the assistance of associates and

entities, engaged in "manipulate[ion]," "c011trol," "sexual exploitation," "sexual assault[],"

"sexual abuse," and "forced ... intercourse" of or with plaintiff; she was seventeen when the

course of conduct began. (Complaint ,r,r 58-68.) At this juncture, no defendant has been served.

Rule I0(a), Fed. R. Civ. P., provides that "[t]he title of [a] complaint must name

all the parties." The Second Circuit has recognized that the use of a pseudonym is, however,

appropriate in limited circumstances where the reasons for anonymity outweigh the public's right

of access to judicial proceedings and any prejudice to a defendant. Sealed Plaintiffv. Sealed

Defendant, 537 F.3d 185, 189 (2d Cir. 2008). The Circuit's opinion in Sealed Plaintiff lays out

ten non-exhaustive factors to be considered in determining whether to allow a case to proceed on

an anonymous basis. Id. at 190. The Court analyzes the Complaint in light of these factors.

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