Editing John Doe (section)

==Famous court cases==
* The [[landmark decision|landmark]] 1973 [[abortion]] cases ''[[Roe v. Wade]]'' and ''[[Doe v. Bolton]]'' get their names from anonymous plaintiffs later revealed to be, respectively, [[Norma McCorvey]] and Sandra Cano.
* A [[Toronto]] woman, publicly known only as Jane Doe, waged an 11-year court battle against the [[Toronto Police Service]] after being [[rape]]d in 1986, alleging that the police had used her as bait to catch [[Paul Callow|the Balcony Rapist]]. She won the case in 1998, and was named ''[[Chatelaine (magazine)|Chatelaine]]''{{'s}} Woman of the Year that year.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.walnet.org/jane_doe/news/toronto_99/chatelaine-9901.html |title=Who is JANE DOE? |publisher=Walnet.org |access-date=2 October 2012 |archive-date=11 November 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091111024027/http://www.walnet.org/jane_doe/news/toronto_99/chatelaine-9901.html |url-status=live }}</ref> She published a book about her experience, ''The Story of Jane Doe: A Book about Rape'', in 2003.
* A [[Doe subpoena]] is an investigatory tool that a plaintiff may use to seek the identity of an unknown defendant. Doe subpoenas are often served on [[online service provider]]s and [[ISP]]s to obtain the identity of the author of an [[anonymous post]].<ref>See, for example, ''Dendrite International, Inc. v. Doe'', {{cite web |url=http://pub.bna.com/eclr/277400t3.htm |title=775 A.2d 756 |access-date=19 March 2009 |archive-date=8 September 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090908194247/http://pub.bna.com/eclr/277400t3.htm |url-status=live }} (N.J. App. Div. 2001); ''Krinsky v. Doe 6'', {{cite web |url=http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/archive/H030767.PDF |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325151157/http://www.courtinfo.ca.gov/opinions/archive/H030767.PDF |url-status=dead |title=159 Cal. App. 4th 1154 (pdf) |date=2019-01-14 |archive-date=25 March 2009 }} (2008).</ref>
*Serial killer [[Richard Laurence Marquette]] confessed to the murder of an unknown woman identified only as Jane Doe.
*File sharing websites were blocked in [[India]] on 21 July 2011 on some ISPs including [[Bharti Airtel]], [[BSNL]], and [[Reliance Communications]], because [[Reliance BIG Pictures]] got a "John Doe" order from Delhi High Court allowing them to serve cease and desist notices on people illegally redistributing the film ''[[Singham]]''.<ref name="test">{{cite web |first=Nikhil |last=Pahwa |url=http://www.medianama.com/2011/07/223-files-sharing-sites-blocked-in-india-because-reliance-big-pictures-got-a-court-order/ |title=Update: Files Sharing Sites Blocked in India Because Reliance BIG Pictures Got A Court Order |publisher=MediaNama |date=2011-07-21 |access-date=2 October 2012 |archive-date=14 September 2012 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20120914114735/http://www.medianama.com/2011/07/223-files-sharing-sites-blocked-in-india-because-reliance-big-pictures-got-a-court-order/ |url-status=live }}</ref> This allegedly brought down copyright infringement of the film by 30%.
*On 29 August 2011, [[Reliance Entertainment]] procured a 'John Doe' order from the [[Delhi High Court]] to prevent the illegal broadcast or streaming of its upcoming film ''[[Bodyguard (2011 Hindi film)|Bodyguard]]''. This order gives protection to the intellectual property owner, Reliance Entertainment, from copyright violation by prospective anonymous offenders.<ref>{{cite news |website=Bollywoodtrade.com |url=http://www.bollywoodtrade.com/trade-news/john-doe-order-for-bodyguard-to-curb-its-piracy/ddaefdca-3999-4fc7-a38d-fafb32c81b90/ |title='John Doe Order' for BODYGUARD to curb its piracy |date=29 August 2011 |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line--> |access-date=4 September 2011 |archive-date=2 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102195931/http://www.bollywoodtrade.com/trade-news/john-doe-order-for-bodyguard-to-curb-its-piracy/ddaefdca-3999-4fc7-a38d-fafb32c81b90/ |url-status=dead }}</ref> The use and selection of pseudonyms is not standardized in U.S. courts. The practice was rare prior to 1969, and is sometimes objected to on legal grounds. 
{{blockquote|Currently there are no court rules about pseudonym use. The rules of civil procedure&nbsp;... are silent on the matter&nbsp;... Rule of Civil Procedure 10(a) reads, '...&nbsp;In the complaint, the title of the action shall include the names of all the parties&nbsp;...' The rule contains no guidance as to what parties should do to keep their names confidential.<ref>{{cite web |first=Donald P. |last=Balla |url=http://lawreview.law.uark.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/ballaforweb.pdf |title=John Doe Is Alive and Well: Designing Pseudonym Use in American Courts |publisher=Arkansas Law Review |access-date=4 January 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120721122745/http://lawreview.law.uark.edu/wp-content/uploads/2011/02/ballaforweb.pdf |archive-date=21 July 2012}}</ref>}}
{{blockquote|Prior to&nbsp;... 1969, only one Supreme Court case, three court of appeals' decisions, and one district court decision in the previous quarter-century featured an anonymous individual as the sole or lead plaintiff. Between 1969 and 22 January 1973, the date when the Supreme Court decided [[Roe v. Wade|''Roe'']] and [[Doe v. Bolton|''Doe'']], there were twenty-one district court and two court of appeals decisions featuring anonymous plaintiffs.<ref>{{cite web |last=Milani |first=Adam A. |url=https://litigation-essentials.lexisnexis.com/webcd/app?action=DocumentDisplay&crawlid=1&srctype=smi&srcid=3B15&doctype=cite&docid=41+Wayne+L.+Rev.+1659&key=d76535e5079120df8de61ccdfa1ed478 |title=Doe v. roe: An argument for defendant anonymity when a pseudonymous plaintiff alleges a stigmatizing intentional tort |work=Lexisnexis.com |access-date=18 February 2012 |archive-date=2 January 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102200749/https://litigation-essentials.lexisnexis.com/webcd/app?action=DocumentDisplay&crawlid=1&srctype=smi&srcid=3B15&doctype=cite&docid=41+Wayne+L.+Rev.+1659&key=d76535e5079120df8de61ccdfa1ed478 |url-status=live }}</ref>}}
*On 18 January 2015, [[People v. Turner|a woman was sexually assaulted]] on the campus of [[Stanford University]] in California. The victim impact statement that the woman, referred to as Emily Doe in court documents, read at her assailant's sentencing hearing the following year went viral, and she was named a "woman of the year" by ''[[Glamour (magazine)|Glamour]]'' magazine.<ref>{{cite web|title=Glamour Women of the Year: Stanford Sexual Assault Case Survivor Emily Doe Speaks Out|url=http://www.glamour.com/story/women-of-the-year-emily-doe|date=November 2016|work=Glamour|access-date=3 November 2016|archive-date=2 November 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161102191147/http://www.glamour.com/story/women-of-the-year-emily-doe|url-status=live}}</ref> She publicly revealed her real name, [[Chanel Miller]], in 2019.<ref>{{cite news |last1=de León |first1=Concepción |title=You Know Emily Doe's Story. Now Learn Her Name. |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/04/books/chanel-miller-brock-turner-assault-stanford.html |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=6 September 2019 |date=2019-09-04 |archive-date=6 September 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190906030443/https://www.nytimes.com/2019/09/04/books/chanel-miller-brock-turner-assault-stanford.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
*On 10 March 2015, HTG Capital Partners LLC filed a federal lawsuit against unnamed "spoofers", whom the suit referred to as John Doe(s), in the hopes of getting a judge to force the [[Chicago Mercantile Exchange]] to reveal the names of the firms. HTG said it had found evidence of thousands of such manipulations over 2013 and 2014.<ref>{{cite news |first= Bradley |last= Hope |url= http://on.wsj.com/1HKj7CK |title=Was 'John Doe' Manipulating Treasury Futures? New Lawsuit Says Yes.|newspaper= Wall Street Journal |date= 2015-03-12 }}</ref>
*In November 2016, a woman only identified as "Jane Doe" abandoned plans to go public about allegedly being raped by [[Donald Trump]].<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/02/donald-trump-rape-lawsuit-13-year-old-cancels-public-event|title=Woman accusing Trump of raping her at 13 cancels her plan to go public|last=Carroll|first=Rory|date=3 November 2016|work=[[The Guardian]]|access-date=16 October 2017|archive-date=30 October 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211030225533/https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/nov/02/donald-trump-rape-lawsuit-13-year-old-cancels-public-event|url-status=live}}</ref>
*In October 2017, an unidentified minor Jane Doe detained by [[U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement]] sued to enjoin the government from obstructing her access to abortion in ''[[Garza v. Hargan]]''.
*In March 2021, Justice Molloy of the Ontario Superior Court of Justice named mass murderer and perpetrator of the [[2018 Toronto van attack]], Alek Minassian, who was seeking notoriety, as John Doe when reading a highly publicized court decision (R. v. Minassian, 2021 ONSC 1258).