K.M. v. Northwell Health, Inc.
- Lewis Liman
- 1:23-cv-08407
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In K. M. v. Northwell Health, Inc., Judge Liman required K. M. to justify anonymous filing before a summons could issue.
K. M. and the proposed group of similarly situated people she seeks to represent; Northwell Health, Inc. is affected because no summons may issue until the court rules on K. M.’s letter motion.
What happened
In K. M. v. Northwell Health, Inc., K. M. filed a complaint anonymously on behalf of herself and others in a proposed group case. The opinion does not explain why she sought anonymity.
The court ordered K. M. to file a letter motion explaining why she should be allowed to proceed anonymously. The court also ordered that no summons be issued until it ruled on that motion.
Judge Lewis J. Liman issued the order on September 29, 2023, and set the letter-motion deadline as Friday, October 8, 2023, as stated in the opinion.
The detailed version
- K.M. v. Northwell Health, Inc. · No. 1:23-cv-08407
- Lewis Liman
- Sept. 29, 2023
Background
K. M. filed an anonymous complaint against Northwell Health, Inc., on behalf of herself and all others similarly situated. The court stated that she filed anonymously without first obtaining the court’s permission.
Court’s Order
The court directed K. M. to file a letter motion by the deadline stated in the opinion—Friday, October 8, 2023—explaining why she should be permitted to proceed anonymously. The court also ordered that a summons not issue until it ruled on that letter motion.
Disposition
The court entered an order addressing the anonymous filing and did not decide the underlying claims. Judge Lewis J. Liman signed the order.
Read the full 1-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.