Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 24.6.183.3
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 STRIKE 3 HOLDINGS, LLC, Case No. 21-cv-08610-EMC
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF’S EX
v. PARTE APPLICATION FOR LEAVE
TO SERVE THIRD-PARTY
JOHN DOE SUBSCRIBER ASSIGNED IP SUBPOENA
ADDRESS 24.6.183.3,
Docket No. 7 Defendant. 12 13 I. INTRODUCTION The plaintiff Strike 3 Holdings owns the copyrights for several adult motion pictures. Docket No. 7 (“Ex Parte Appl.”) at 9. It alleges that someone — the Doe defendant here — who uses the IP address 24.6.183.3 infringed on those copyrights. Docket No. 1 (“Compl.”). Despite its own efforts, Strike 3 Holdings has not been able to identify the individual associated with that IP address. Ex Parte Appl. at 18. Strike 3 Holdings now asks the Court to let it serve a subpoena on non-party Comcast, the Doe defendant’s internet service provider, to learn the Doe defendant’s identity. See generally id. Because Strike 3 Holdings has…