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Nature of Suit Code: 360
Nature of Suit: Other Personal Injury
Cause of Action: 28:1332 Diversity-Personal Injury

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF ARKANSAS 

NORTHERN DIVISION 

JOHN DOES 1-8 

v. No. 3:23-cv-230-DPM 

EMMETT A. PRESLEY, et al. 

JOHN DOES 9-16 

No. 3:24-cv-3-DPM 

EMMETT A. PRESLEY, et al. 

JOHN DOES 17-30 

No. 3:24-cv-12-DPM 

EMMETT A. PRESLEY, et al. 

JOHN AND JANE DOES 101-107 

No. 3:24-cv-14-DPM 

EMMETT A. PRESLEY, et al. 

JOHN DOES 108-113 and 

JANE DOES 108-109 

No. 3:24-cv-13-DPM 

EMMETT A. PRESLEY, et al. 

PLAINTIFFS 

DEFENDANTS 

PLAINTIFFS 

DEFENDANTS 

PLAINTIFFS 

DEFENDANTS 

PLAINTIFFS 

DEFENDANTS 

PLAINTIFFS 

DEFENDANTS 

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ORDER 

1. Joint brief, Doc. 38, appreciated. The parties' embedded 

motion to consolidate is granted. The five cases styled above involve 

common questions of law and fact; consolidation for pretrial matters 

makes good sense. Fed. R. Civ. P. 42(a)(2). The Court designates 

Case No. 3:23-cv-230-DPM as the lead case. The Court directs the Clerk 

of Court to move all pending motions in the member cases to the lead 

case. All future filings should be made in the lead case. 

2. The plaintiffs wish to proceed under pseudonyms, 

as John and Jane Does. Doc. 16 in Case No. 3:23-cv-230-DPM; 

Doc. 3 in Case No. 3:24-cv-3-DPM; Doc. 2 in Case No. 3:24-cv-12-DPM; 

Doc. 5 in Case No. 3:24-cv-13-DPM; Doc. 5 in Case No. 3:24-cv-14-DPM. 

Those unopposed motions are granted. The plaintiffs are all adults; 

but they allege childhood sexual abuse and molestation. Federal Rule 

of Civil Procedure lO(a) requires the complaint to name all parties to 

the suit. But, in certain limited circumstances, plaintiffs may proceed 

anonymously. Capers v. National Railroad Passenger Corp., 673 F. App'x 

591, 593 (8th Cir. 2016) (unpublished and per curiam); see also W.N.J. v. 

Yocom, 257 F.3d 1171, 1172 (10th Cir. 2001). Given the sensitive and 

personal nature of the allegations, and that the plaintiffs were minors 

at all relevant times, they may proceed anonymously. All parties must 

use the plaintiffs' corresponding pseudonyms when referring to any 

plaintiff in any public filing. The parties must also take all necessary 

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care not to publicly disclose the plaintiffs' real names or personal 

identifying information. 

3. After the Clerk implements consolidation, the Court intends 

to clear the deck and deny all pending motions without prejudice. 

Consolidated complaint due by 5 April 2024. (An unredacted copy 

must be filed under seal, too.) The defendants' answers or Rule 12(b) 

motions are due thirty days after the consolidated complaint is filed. 

Replies due fourteen calendar days after the response. All counsel 

should advise chambers promptly if they' re available for a motion 

hearing on 11 July 2024 at 1:30 p.m. or on 16 July 2024 at 1:30 p.m. in 

Little Rock. 

So Ordered. 

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D.P. Marshall Jr. 

United States District Judge 

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