Poluk

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STRIKE 3 HOLDINGS, LLC, No. 2:20-cv-2146–TLN–CKD Plaintiff, ORDER AND v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS

CASEY POLUK, (ECF No. 25) Defendant. 16 Plaintiff Strike 3 Holdings, LLC, moves the court for default judgment against defendant Casey Poluk, initially named as John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 99.185.0.214. By this motion, plaintiff seeks an award of statutory damages of $28,500.00, plus $863.96 in costs, and a permanent injunction. Defendant has neither appeared nor opposed the motion. This matter is appropriate for decision without oral argument, see Local Rule 230(g), and the undersigned recommends the court grant the motion. I. BACKGROUND On October 24, 2020, plaintiff initiated this action with a complaint alleging defendant John Doe subscriber had used the BitTorrent file network to illegally download and distribute Strike 3’s copyrighted motion pictures. (ECF No. 1.) Plaintiff filed a first…