DOE v. VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD

No. 15-2069.

819 F.3d 372 (2016)

John DOE, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. VILLAGE OF DEERFIELD, et al., Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Seventh Circuit.

Decided April 12, 2016.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

John Doe, Deerfield, IL, pro se.

Ellen Kornichuk Emery , Lucy B. Bednarek , Ancel, Glink, Diamond, Bush, Dicianni & Krafthefer, P.C., Robert A. Habib , Law Office of Robert Habib, Chicago, IL, for Defendants-Appellees.

Before BAUER, MANION, and KANNE, Circuit Judges.


This case presents a matter of first impression for us: whether an order denying leave to proceed anonymously is immediately appealable. Guided by the reasoning of some of our sister circuits, we find that an order denying leave to proceed anonymously does fall within the collateral order doctrine and is immediately appealable...

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