Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 73.189.241.101
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA San Francisco Division STRIKE 3 HOLDINGS, LLC, Case No. 20-cv-05912-LB
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING EX PARTE
v. APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO
SERVE THIRD-PARTY SUBPOENA
JOHN DOE SUBSCRIBER ASSIGNED IP ADDRESS 73.189.241.101, Re: ECF No. 11 15 Defendant. 16 INTRODUCTION The plaintiff Strike 3 Holdings owns the copyrights for several adult motion pictures.1 It alleges that someone — the Doe defendant here — who uses the IP address 73.189.241.101 infringed on those copyrights.2 Despite its own efforts, Strike 3 Holdings has not been able to identify the individual associated with that IP address.3 Strike 3 Holdings now asks the court to let it serve a subpoena on non-party Comcast Cable Communications, LLC the Doe defendant’s 23 24
1 Appl. – ECF No. 11 at 9. Citations refer to material in the Electronic Case File (“ECF”); pinpoint citations are to the ECF-generated page numbers at the top of…