Request,Application: N. H., AN INDIVIDUAL PROCEEDING UNDER A PSEUDONYM VS DEFENDANT DOE 1, SCOUTING COUNCIL

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                                Electronically FILED by Superior Court of California, County of Los Angeles on 12/28/2022 05:53 PM David W. Slayton, Executive Officer/Clerk of Court, by M. Guzman,Deputy Clerk




         1          IRWIN ZALKIN, ESQ. (SBN #89957)
                    DEVIN M. STOREY, ESQ. (SBN #234271)
         2          RYAN M. COHEN, ESQ. (SBN #261313)
                    ALFREDO VILLEGAS, ESQ. (SBN #333175)
         3          The Zalkin Law Firm, P.C.
                    10590 West Ocean Air Drive, Suite 125
         4          San Diego, CA 92130
                    Tel: 858-259-3011
         5          Fax: 858-259-3015
                    Email: irwin@zalkin.com
         6                 dms@zalkin.com
                           ryan@zalkin.com
         7                 alfredo@zalkin.com

         8          Attorneys for Plaintiff

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                                            SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF CALIFORNIA
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                                                         FOR THE COUNTY OF LOS ANGELES
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       13          N.H., an individual proceeding under a                                 )       CASE NO.: 22STCV40150
                   pseudonym,                                                             )
       14                                                                                 )       PLAINTIFF N.H.’S
                                          Plaintiff,                                      )       APPLICATION TO SEAL
       15                                                                                 )       CERTIFICATES OF MERIT AND
                               v.                                                         )       APPLICATION PROCEED
       16                                                                                 )       UNDER FICTITIOUS NAME
                   Defendant Doe 1, Scouting Council; and                                 )
       17          Defendants Does 2 through 100, inclusive,                              )
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       18                                 Defendants.                                     )
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       22           I.         INTRODUCTION
       23                      Plaintiff N.H. was a victim of childhood sexual abuse at the hands of his Scout leader
       24           affiliated with Defendant Doe 1, Scouting Council. Plaintiff seeks an order sealing Plaintiff’s
       25           certificates of merit required to be filed pursuant to California Code of Civil Procedure §
       26           340.1(g)(1) and (g)(2) and Plaintiff’s application to permit Plaintiff N.H. to proceed in
       27           fictitious name. A sealing order is appropriate.
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                               PLAINTIFF N.H.’S APPLICATION TO SEAL CERTIFICATES OF MERIT
                               AND APPLICATION PROCEED UNDER FICTITIOUS NAME