Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 104.2.24.63
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division STRIKE 3 HOLDINGS, LLC, Case No. 24-cv-04535-MMC (LB)
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING EX PARTE
v. APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO
SERVE THIRD-PARTY SUBPOENA
JOHN DOE SUBSCRIBER ASSIGNED IP ADDRESS 104.2.24.63, 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 104.2.24.63 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 AT&T Inc., the Doe defendant’s internet-service provider (ISP), to learn the Doe defendant’s 23 24
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…