Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 71.202.130.40

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division STRIKE 3 HOLDINGS, LLC, Case No. 24-cv-04530-LB Plaintiff,

ORDER GRANTING EX PARTE

v. APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO

SERVE THIRD-PARTY SUBPOENA

JOHN DOE SUBSCRIBER ASSIGNED IP ADDRESS 71.202.130.40, Re: ECF No. 8 15 Defendant. 16 INTRODUCTION The plaintiff Strike 3 Holdings owns the copyrights for several adult motion pictures.1 It alleges that someone — the Doe defendant here — who uses the IP address 71.202.130.40 infringed on those copyrights.2 Despite its own efforts, Strike 3 has not been able to identify the individual associated with that IP address.3 Strike 3 now asks the court to let it serve a subpoena on non-party Comcast Cable, the Doe defendant’s internet-service provider (ISP), to learn the Doe 23 24 25 1 Appl. – ECF No. 8 at 9. Citations refer to material in the Electronic Case File (ECF); pinpoint citations are to the ECF-generated page numbers at the…