Doe
Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. Doe
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STRIKE 3 HOLDINGS, LLC, Case No.: 24-cv-2479-BJC-KSC
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING EX PARTE
v. APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO
SERVE A THIRD-PARTY
JOHN DOE, IP address 108.253.176.68, SUBPOENA PRIOR TO RULE 26(f) Defendant. CONFERENCE 16 17 I. BACKGROUND On December 27, 2024, plaintiff, Strike 3 Holdings, LLC, filed a Complaint against defendant John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 108.253.176.68, asserting a single claim for direct copyright infringement. Doc. No. 1. Plaintiff alleges it is the owner of “award-winning, critically acclaimed adult motion pictures” and defendant is “stealing these works on a grand scale” by “committing rampant and wholesale copyright infringement . . . ” Id. at ¶¶ 2-4. Plaintiff further alleges that defendant downloaded, copied, and distributed plaintiff’s works without authorization, permission, or consent, and that defendant’s…