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"GOOGLE LLC, Plaintiff, v. NGUYEN VAN DUC, PHAM VAN THIEN, and DOES 1-20, Defendants." What are those "Does 1-20"? Are they 20 no-name individuals?
by pulse7 3y ago
"GOOGLE LLC, Plaintiff, v. NGUYEN VAN DUC, PHAM VAN THIEN, and DOES 1-20, Defendants."
What are those "Does 1-20"? Are they 20 no-name individuals?
- iudqnolq 3y agoFor boring reasons sometimes people tack on placeholders in case more defendants are identified later.
- TheCleric 3y agoPre-allocating memory so you can use it later instead of doing it in the render (justice) loop and slowing that down. Good call.
- boomboomsubban 3y ago"John/Jane Doe" is a common placeholder name, it's twenty people they couldn't identify.
- fusslo 3y agoAh! I read it as "DOES" as in 'do', not "more than one DOE" Thanks for clearing that up
- sowbug 3y agoRoe is less common, but not unusual. Most memorably, "Roe" in Roe v. Wade was a pseudonym for the plaintiff who was called "Jane Roe" to protect her privacy. I don't know the mechanism, but I assume the judge in such cases has the real identity of a pseudonymous plaintiff to make sure a real party has brought the case.