Alexander Stross v. Google, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
'O' 2 3 4 5 6 7 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 11 CV 22-04426-RSWL-KSx ALEXANDER STROSS, ORDER re: Plaintiff, Defendant’s Motion to v. Consolidate Cases [27]
GOOGLE, LLC,
16 Defendant. 17 18 Plaintiff Alexander Stross (“Plaintiff”) brings 19 this Action against Defendant Google, LLC (“Defendant”) 20 alleging contributory copyright infringement. Currently 21 before the Court is Defendant’s Motion to Consolidate 22 Cases (“Motion”) [27]. 23 Having reviewed all papers submitted pertaining to 24 the Motion, the Court NOW FINDS AND RULES AS FOLLOWS: 25 the Court DENIES Defendant’s Motion. 26 /// 27 /// 28 I. BACKGROUND
A. Factual Background
Plaintiff alleges in his Complaint that: Plaintiff is a professional photographer. Compl. ¶ 4, ECF No. 1. Plaintiff owns 214 original photographs and videos (“Subject Works”) registered with the U.S. Copyright Office. Id. ¶ 13. Defendant is a limited liability company that…