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DOES 1-3 v. MILLS

No. 22-1435.

39 F.4th 20 (2022)

John DOES 1-3; Jack Does 1-1000; Jane Does 1-6; Joan Does 1-1000, Plaintiffs, Appellants, v. Janet T. MILLS, in her official capacity as Governor of the State of Maine; Jeanne M. Lambrew, in her official capacity as Commissioner of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services; Nirav D. Shah, in his official capacity as Director of the Maine Center for Disease Control and Prevention; MaineHealth; Genesis Healthcare of Maine LLC; Genesis Healthcare LLC; Mainegeneral Health; Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center, Defendants, Appellees, MTM Acquistion, Inc., d/b/a Portland Press Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, Kennebec Journal, and Morning Sentinel; SJ Acquisition, Inc., d/b/a Sun Journal, Intervenors, Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, First Circuit.

July 7, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Daniel J. Schmid , Mathew D. Staver , Horatio G. Mihet , Roger K. Gannam , and Liberty Counsel on brief for appellants.

Kimberly L. Patwardhan , Assistant Attorney General, Thomas A. Knowlton , Deputy Attorney General, Aaron M. Frey , Attorney General, on brief for appellees Janet T. Mills, Jeanne M. Lambrew, and Nirav D. Shah.

James R. Erwin , Katharine I. Rand , and Pierce Atwood LLP on brief for appellees MaineHealth, Genesis Healthcare of Maine LLC, Genesis Healthcare LLC, and MaineGeneral Health.

Ryan P. Dumais , Katherine L. Porter , and Eaton Peabody on brief for appellee Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center.

Katie Townsend , The Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press, Sigmund D. Schutz , Jonathan G. Mermin , and Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios LLP on brief for appellees MTM Acquisition, Inc. and SJ Acquisition, Inc.

Before Barron, Chief Judge, Lynch and Howard, Circuit Judges.

Plaintiffs-movants (the "plaintiffs"), who were allowed to proceed under pseudonyms for the first ten months of this case, were ordered by the district court, on motion by intervenor press/media organizations, to file an amended complaint "identifying by name those individual Plaintiffs who elect to proceed as named and identified...

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