Centre Way Company Limited v. Fuzhou Puhua Minghui Trading Co. Ltd.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 CENTRE WAY COMPANY LIMITED, Case No. 20-cv-01377-SVK
Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF'S v. MOTION FOR ISSUANCE OF A
SUBPOENA
FUZHOU PUHUA MINGHUI TRADING CO. LTD., Re: Dkt. No. 7 11 Defendant. 12 Before the Court is Plaintiff’s ex parte motion for issuance of a subpoena duces tecum prior to the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f) Conference. Dkt. 7. In its motion, Plaintiff seeks to obtain early discovery from third-party Amazon.com, Inc. to determine the address and agent for service of process for Defendant Antomove. Id. “As a general rule, discovery proceedings take place only after the defendant has been served; however, in rare cases, courts have made exceptions, permitting limited discovery to ensue after filing of the complaint to permit the plaintiff to learn the identifying facts necessary to permit service on the defendant.” Columbia Ins. Co. v. seescandy.com, 185 F.R.D. 573, 577 (N.D. Cal. 1999)…