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Nature of Suit Code: 440
Nature of Suit: Other Civil Rights
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Federal Question: Other Civil Rights

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United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

JOHN DOE #1, et al., 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

JOHN KERRY, et al., 

Defendants. 

Case No. 16-cv-0654-PJH 

ORDER PROVISIONALLY GRANTING 

MOTION TO SEAL 

 

 Before the court is plaintiffs’ administrative motion to file the complaint under seal. 

The court previously granted plaintiffs’ application to proceed anonymously, but did so 

only on a provisional basis. The court made clear that “[i]f, after appearing in the lawsuit, 

defendants oppose plaintiffs’ request to proceed anonymously, the court will revisit the 

issue at that time.” See Dkt. 7 at 2. 

 For the same reasons that the court provisionally granted the application to 

proceed anonymously, the court also provisionally GRANTS plaintiffs’ motion to file the 

complaint under seal. As stated above, if defendants oppose plaintiffs’ efforts to proceed 

anonymously, the court will revisit the issue. 

 And as stated in the court’s previous order, defendants may reveal plaintiffs’ true 

identities (or any information or distinguishing characteristics which could reveal their 

identities) only to attorneys litigating this action on their behalf. Any person or entity who 

comes to learn of plaintiffs’ true identities (or any information or distinguishing 

characteristics which could reveal their identities) by means of, or as a result of, this 

litigation, is ordered not to disseminate such information to any person or entity not 

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United States District Court 

Northern District of California 

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