Sunny Khachatryan v. 1 Hotel West Hollywood L.L.C.

I. INTRODUCTION

18 Pending before the Court is an unopposed Petition for Approval of Minors’ 19 Compromise (“Petition”) to settle this action brought against Defendant 1 Hotel West 20 Hollywood L.L.C. (“1 Hotel”). (Pet., ECF No. 77-1.) For the reasons stated below, 21 the Petition is GRANTED. The Court, finding no hearing necessary, VACATES the 22 hearing set for March 3, 2025.

II. BACKGROUND

24 This copyright infringement dispute concerns whether 1 Hotel was authorized 25 to use the Photograph, which depicts B.A.J. and I.M. (“Minor Plaintiffs”) standing by 26 the 1 Hotel pool in their 1 Hotel robes. On January 3, 2021, Plaintiffs posted the 27 Photograph to the Instagram account @brave_johnson. (First Am. Compl. (“FAC”) 28 1 ¶¶ 18, 20, ECF No. 47.) Through its Instagram account, 1 Hotel commented on the 2 post, “We love this photo! Reply to this comment with #sharemy1pic if you’re happy 3 with us sharing your photo on our social channels.” (Answer FAC, Affirmative Defs. 4 ¶ 7, ECF No. 48.) The @brave_johnson account responded, “@1hotels thank you! 5 #sharemy1pic.” (Id.) 1 Hotel then posted the Photograph on its website to promote and sell “1 Hotels 7…