From the plaintiff’s argument in Doe v. Northwestern Univ. (N.D. Ill.); Judge John Robert Blakey has granted the motion, without a detailed explanation, but likely because he agreed with its general argument:
Plaintiff [John Doe 3] is a Jewish student at Northwestern University … who has been subjected to threats of physical violence while on campus and is the victim of retaliation and false accusations by individuals that attended pro-Hamas demonstrations at Northwestern. Other Jewish students on campus have been physically assaulted and have similarly faced severe and pervasive hostility on campus as a result of their Jewish identity. The perpetrators of these acts of intimidation and violence have acted with impunity and are waiting for Plaintiff on campus when he returns this Fall quarter. Plaintiff thus brings this motion to proceed pseudonymously in order to protect his identity and avoid further victimization.
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