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*1 Case 1:25-cv-00059-H Document 44 Filed 04/21/25 Page 1 of 2 PageID 389
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF TEXAS
ABILENE DIVISION W.M.M., on his own behalf and on behalf of all others similarly situated, et al.,
Petitioners-Plaintiffs, No. l:25-CV-059-H DONALD J. TRUMP, in his official capacity as President of the United States, et al.,
Respondents-Defendants OR.DER
Before the Court is the AARP's unopposed motion to intervene for the limited purpose of seeking amendment to this Court's prior order permitring the petitioners to proceed under pseudonyms. Dkt. No. 42. The AARP, a nonprofit entirely unrelated to this case, seek leave to intervene to request that the petitioner A.A.R.P.'s pseudonym be changed to A.R.P. and that the case caption be styled as W.M.M., et al. v. Donald J. Trump, et. al. Id. at 2. The petitioners and the respondents do not oppose the AARP's motion. 1d. at 3.
Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 24 permits intervention by a person given a right to intervene by a federal statute, a person who claims an interest in the property or transaction that is the subject ofthe action whose interest is not adequately represented by the existing parties, and a person who has a claim or defense that shares a common question oflaw or fact with the action. Fed. R. Civ. P. 24(aFO). Here, however, the AARP "has no connection" to the petitioner A.A.R.P., "takes absolutely no position regarding the subject *2 Case 1:25-cv-00059-H Document 44 Filed 04/21/25 Page 2 of 2 PageID 390 matter of this litigation, " and seeks to intervene only to "avoid confusion." Dkt. No. 42 at 1-3.
The Court construes the motion to intervene as an agreement by the existing parties to amend the styling of the case caption. Accordingly, the Court amends its prior order granting the motion to proceed under pseudonyms @kt. No. 9) and orders that the petitioners are permitted to proceed under the pseudonyms A.R.P., W.M.M., and F.G.M. In addition, the Court orders that this case will hereafter proceed under the case caption W.M.M., et al. v. Donald J. Trump, et. al The motion to intervene by the AARP @kt. No. 42) is denied as moot.
So ordered on Apri 2 l, 2025.
WESLEY
HEND
J
STATES DISTRICT JUDGE ,,