Opinion
8:21-cv-1206-VMC-AAS
06-01-2022
M.M. and ASHLEY MCDOWEL, Plaintiff, v. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA, Defendant.
ORDER
AMANDA ARNOLD SANSONE UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 5.2 states “Unless the court orders otherwise, 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 ....” The Clerk is therefore
DIRECTED to redact the minor's name from all docket entries and on all previously filed documents so that only the minor's initials are revealed. The parties are also DIRECTED to redact the minor's name with the minor's initials in all future filings mentioning the minor.
ORDERED.