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Pseudonymity in Challenge to Denial of Religious Exemption from Military Vaccine Mandate?

I blogged yesterday about Chief Judge Beryl Howell (D.D.C.) saying "no" to this, but the issue is coming back with the same plaintiff to the District of Maryland (U.S. Army ROTC ECP Cadet Doe v. Biden, No. 1:22-cv-00691-RDB). Plaintiff's lawyer tells me that he had tried to recall his D.D.C.…

Reason · Mar 23, 2022

No Pseudonymity in Challenge to Denial of Religious Exemption from Military Vaccine Mandate

From U.S. Army ROTC ECP Cadet Doe v. Biden, decided yesterday by Chief Judge Beryl Howell (D.D.C.) (contrary to decisions in M.D. Fla., N.D. Ill. and D. Colo., but consistently with this nonprecedential Seventh Circuit order): Plaintiff, "a nineteen-year-old male ROTC Early Commissioning Program (ECP) candidate" who is "currently a…

Reason · Mar 22, 2022

No Pseudonymity in Challenge to Justice Department's "China Initiative"

From Chief Judge Beryl Howell's decision Jan. 28 in Lee v. U.S.: Plaintiff, who is using the name "Lee" for purposes of this case, seeks to proceed under pseudonym in the instant action seeking declaratory and injunctive relief related to the "China Initiative," an alleged "government sponsored program which institutionalizes…

Reason · Feb 7, 2022