Whyte Monkee Productions LLC v. Netflix, Inc.

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 WHYTE MONKEE PRODUCTIONS LLC, Case No. 23-cv-03438-PCP et al., 8 Plaintiffs, ORDER DENYING MOTIONS FOR RECONSIDERATION AND v. ATTORNEY'S FEES 10 NETFLIX, INC., Re: Dkt. Nos. 64, 66 11 Defendant.

12 In this case, plaintiffs Whyte Monkee Productions LLC and Timothy Sepi sued defendant Netflix, Inc. for alleged copyright infringement arising from a series of events surrounding Netflix’s production of the documentary series Tiger King. The Court dismissed all of plaintiffs’ claims with prejudice and issued final judgment on November 22, 2024. Plaintiffs now ask the court to alter and grant relief from that final judgment under Federal Rules 59 and 60. These rules impose high burdens that plaintiffs have come nowhere near satisfying. For that reason, the motion is denied. As the prevailing party in this suit, Netflix separately moves for attorney’s fees. For the reasons set forth below, that motion is also denied.…