Legal Opinion
W.N.J. v. Yocom
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit
Decided July 10, 2001No. 00-4124PublishedCited by 148 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
SEYMOUR, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiffs, several unmarried residents of the State of Utah, brought this action to challenge the state’s laws against fornication and sodomy as engaged in by unmarried heterosexual adults. The district court dismissed the case on summary judgment, determining that plaintiffs lacked standing and their claims were unripe. We dismiss this appeal on other grounds. Because plaintiffs used pseudonyms without first obtaining permission from the district court, the case was improperly filed and must be dismissed for lack of appellate jurisdiction.
“Proceeding under a pseudonym…
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