Timmer

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 REED TIMMER, Case No. 25-cv-01547-SI

8 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING RENEWED EX

PARTE APPLICATION FOR ORDER

9 v. AUTHORIZING ALTERNATIVE

MEANS OF SERVICE AND SETTING

10 NEWS NATION NETWORK PVT. LTD., CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE

FOR SEPTEMBER 19, 2025 AT 3 PM

11 Defendant. Re: Dkt. No. 17 12

13 Now before the Court is plaintiff’s renewed ex parte application for an order authorizing 14 alternative means of service. For the reasons set forth below, the application is DENIED without 15 prejudice. The Court sets a further case management conference for September 19, 2025 at 3:00 16 p.m. via zoom. 17 18 BACKGROUND 19 Plaintiff Reed Timmer filed this copyright infringement lawsuit against defendant News 20 Nation Network Pvt. Ltd. (“News Nation”) and ten Doe defendants. Timmer is a “professional and 21 intrepid videographer who travels the globe to document weather extremes” and he claims that News 22 Network has…