Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 107.142.109.91
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 6 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8
STRIKE 3 HOLDINGS, LLC,
10 Plaintiff, No. C 24-03858 WHA 11 v. ORDER GRANTING EX PARTE
JOHN DOE SUBSCRIBER ASSIGNED IP MOTION FOR LEAVE TO SERVE
ADDRESS 107.142.109.91, THIRD-PARTY SUBPOENA PRIOR TO RULE 26(f) CONFERENCE Defendant.
15 Plaintiff, Strike 3 Holdings, LLC, alleges that it owns registered copyrights in various pornographic films and that John Doe defendant directly infringed those copyrights by distributing the films on the Internet, using the above-captioned IP address. Strike 3 now seeks leave to serve a subpoena on third-party AT&T Internet Inc. to learn the identity of the subscriber using that IP address prior to a Rule 26(f) conference (Dkt. No. 7). Because Strike 3 Holdings demonstrates good cause to allow it to serve a subpoena, the motion is granted. Rule 26(d) permits a court to authorize early discovery for the convenience of parties and the interests of justice. One circumstance that…