Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 136.24.39.9
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 STRIKE 3 HOLDINGS, LLC, Case No. 21-cv-08791-HSG Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING EX PARTE
APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO
v. SERVE SUBPOENA BEFORE RULE 26(F) CONFERENCE JOHN DOE SUBSCRIBER ASSIGNED IP ADDRESS 136.24.39.9, Re: Dkt. No. 7 11 Defendant. 12 Plaintiff Strike 3 Holdings, LLC moves ex parte for leave to serve a third-party subpoena 13 prior to the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f) conference. Dkt. No. 7. Having considered 14 Plaintiff’s application, the Court ORDERS as follows: 15 1. Plaintiff has established that “good cause” exists for it to serve a third-party 16 subpoena on Webpass (hereinafter the “ISP”) under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45. See, e.g., 17 UMG Recording, Inc. v. Doe, 2008 WL 4104214, *4 (N.D. Cal. 2008); Arista Records LLC v. 18 Does 1–19, 551 F. Supp. 2d 1, 6–7 (D.D.C. 2008); see also Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. Doe, No. 19 17-CV-07051-LB, 2018 WL 357287, at *2 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 10, 2018). 20 2. Plaintiff may serve the ISP with a Rule 45…