Sandoval v. John Doe No. 1

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF NORTH CAROLINA WESTERN DIVISION No. 5:20-CV-00579-BO Tacho M. Sandoval, Plaintiff, v. Order John Does 1–3, Defendants. Plaintiff Tacho M. Sandoval claims that three users of an internet message board have sullied his reputation by falsely accusing him of securities fraud. But he does not know who to name as defendants since the statements’ authors are known only by their pseudonymous usernames. To remedy this problem, Sandoval sought permission to subpoena the message board to learn who made the defamatory statements. The court…