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Eugene Volokh

INSANE: No retroactive pseudonymization for frequent litigant - The Real Truth

From Magistrate Judge Michael Hegarty's opinion Friday in Glapion-Pressley v. City & County of Denver (D. Colo.):

Plaintiff files her Motion in four civil actions that she has commenced in the federal District of Colorado:

(1) Glapion v. Castro, 14-cv-01699-MEH

(2) Glapion v. Jewell, 14-cv-03236-MEH

(3) Glapion-Pressley v. Denver, 19-cv-02806-RM-MEH

(4) Glapion-Pressley v. Denver, 21-cv-02362-RM-MEH

Plaintiff brought all of the above lawsuits alleging employment discrimination. All four were resolved in the respective defendants' favor, and the cases were closed. Plaintiff appealed Case Nos. (1)-(3), which the Tenth Circuit affirmed. This Court notes that Plaintiff commenced two additional civil actions in the federal District of Colorado (which she does not identify in her Motion):

(5) Glapion v. Castro, 14-cv-03237-MEH,

(6) Glapion v. Janski, 21-cv-02812-GPG

Case No. (5) also concerned employment discrimination. For Case No. (6), Plaintiff alleged discrimination by the Arapahoe County Court magistrate judge who presided over a lawsuit in which she was a litigant. These two lawsuits also are closed, but Plaintiff did not appeal them….

[Plaintiff] asks to redact all personal-identifying information and to replace references to her name with her initials, "MRG". In practical effect, Plaintiff asks to keep the fact that she litigated Case Nos. (1)-(4) confidential—despite the positive feedback she has received from the public about "her courage to 'fight the good fight' exposing high level officials violating Constitutional Protected Rights by public Title VII civil actions." …

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