Centre Way Company Limited v. Fuzhou Puhua Minghui Trading Co. Ltd.
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 CENTRE WAY COMPANY LIMITED, Case No. 20-cv-01377-SVK
8 Plaintiff, ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF'S 9 v. MOTION FOR ISSUANCE OF A
SUBPOENA
10 FUZHOU PUHUA MINGHUI TRADING CO. LTD., Re: Dkt. No. 7 11 Defendant. 12 13 Before the Court is Plaintiff’s ex parte motion for issuance of a subpoena duces tecum 14 prior to the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f) Conference. Dkt. 7. In its motion, Plaintiff 15 seeks to obtain early discovery from third-party Amazon.com, Inc. to determine the address and 16 agent for service of process for Defendant Antomove. Id. 17 “As a general rule, discovery proceedings take place only after the defendant has been 18 served; however, in rare cases, courts have made exceptions, permitting limited discovery to ensue 19 after filing of the complaint to permit the plaintiff to learn the identifying facts necessary to permit 20 service on the defendant.” Columbia Ins. Co. v. seescandy.com, 185 F.R.D. 573, 577 (N.D. Cal. 21 1999)…