Citation Codes Equivalent Citations citation codes Docket Number No. 08-15947. Attorney(S) Kevin Lynn Fernandez, Lovelock, NV, pro se. Alicia Lerud, Office of the Nevada Attorney General, Carson City, NV, for Defendants-Appellees. Judges Alfred Theodore Goodwin John Clifford Wallace Richard R. Clifton Acts Judiciary And Judicial Procedure — Courts Of Appeals — Jurisdiction And Venue — Final Decisions Of District Courts See more information ... Smart Summary Please sign up to generate summary. Ke v. n Lynn FERNANDEZ, Plaintiff-Appellant, MEMORANDUM This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3. Kevin Lynn Fernandez, a Nevada state prisoner, appeals pro se from the district court's order denying his motion for leave to proceed using a pseudonym. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review for an abuse of discretion. Does I Thru XXIII v. Advanced Textile Corp., 214 F.3d 1058, 1069 (9th Cir. 2000). We affirm. The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying leave to proceed using a pseudonym because there were no special or unusual circumstances that justified protection of Fernandez's identity. See United States v. Stoterau, 524 F.3d 988, 1012-14 (9th Cir. 2008) (rejecting a request for a pseudonym based on the nature of the prisoner's conviction as a sex offender "because this concern is equally present for all similarly situated sex offenders who face prison sentences," and questioning the value of pseudonymity where the prisoner's conviction was a matter of public record and many of the documents were not submitted under seal). AFFIRMED.