R.T. v. Uber Technologies Inc.
- Charles Breyer
- 3:23-cv-04301
- U.S. District Court · Northern District of California
- 3
In R.T. v. Uber Technologies Inc., Judge Breyer granted the plaintiffs’ motions to proceed anonymously.
The plaintiffs in the member cases listed in the appendix, as well as the defendants and the public whose interests the court considered.
What happened
In R.T. v. Uber Technologies Inc., plaintiffs in several related cases asked to keep their identities private. The defendants did not oppose the requests.
The court found that the plaintiffs’ need for anonymity outweighed possible harm to the defendants and the public’s interest in knowing their identities.
The court granted the motions listed in the order’s appendix. Judge Breyer signed the order on November 22, 2023.
The detailed version
- R.T. v. Uber Technologies Inc. · No. 3:23-cv-04301
- Charles Breyer
- Nov. 22, 2023
Background
The order concerns member cases in the multidistrict litigation captioned “In re: Uber Technologies, Inc., Passenger Sexual Assault Litigation.” The plaintiffs in the cases listed in the appendix asked for permission to proceed anonymously, meaning they could keep their identities undisclosed in the litigation. The defendants filed no opposition.
Court’s analysis
The court weighed the plaintiffs’ need to proceed anonymously against potential prejudice to the defendants and the public’s interest in knowing the parties’ identities. It found that the plaintiffs’ need for anonymity outweighed those competing interests.
Ruling
The court granted the motions for leave to proceed anonymously listed in the appendix. Charles R. Breyer, United States District Judge, entered the order on November 22, 2023.
Read the full 3-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.