Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 98.51.3.252

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STRIKE 3 HOLDINGS, LLC,

Case No. 25-cv-01608-RS Plaintiff, 11 v. ORDER GRANTING LEAVE TO SERVE SUBPOENA

JOHN DOE SUBSCRIBER ASSIGNED IP

ADDRESS 98.51.3.252, Defendant.

15 Plaintiff Strike 3 Holdings, LLC (“Strike 3”), seeks leave to serve a subpoena to discover the identity of defendant “John Doe,” who allegedly has shared Strike 3’s copyrighted pornographic films without authorization. Strike 3 knows the Internet Protocol (“IP”) address used to distribute the videos, but only the Internet Service Provider (“ISP”) associated with that address (in this instance, Comcast) can determine the account holder to which that address was assigned. Although there is no certainty that the “John Doe” account holder is the person who engaged in the allegedly wrongful distribution, Strike 3’s allegations are sufficiently plausible to permit discovery as to the account holder’s identity. A court…