Injunction Against Publicly Identifying Pseudonymous Litigants Is Content-Based Prior Restraint,

Today’s decision by Fourth Circuit Judge Julius Richardson, joined by Chief Judge Albert Diaz, in Doe v. Mast involved a gag order on defendants: The order barred the defendants from “disclosing any information that directly or indirectly identifies Plaintiffs or their family members to any person … unless that person first executes a non-disclosure agreement.” The court ultimately upheld the…Read More