DOE v. SMITH

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MAINE JOHN DOE, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) v. ) No. 2:23-cv-00423-JAW ) SARA SMITH, ) ) Defendant, ) ) MAINE TRUST FOR LOCAL ) NEWS, L3C, d/b/a Portland Press ) Herald/Maine Sunday Telegram, ) ) Intervenor. ) ORDER ON MOTION FOR CLOSURE OF TRIAL Consistent with this circuit’s well-established precedent on the right of public access to civil proceedings, the court denies a plaintiff’s motion for a closed trial and for testimony by pseudonym at such a trial. I. PROCEDURAL BACKGROUND On November 14, 2023, John Doe, a pseudonym for the father of a minor daughter,…