Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 73.189.204.170
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 8 STRIKE 3 HOLDINGS, LLC, Case No. 23-cv-03763-JSW
Plaintiff,
ORDER ON EX PARTE MOTION FOR
v. LEAVE TO SERVE SUBPOENA PRIOR TO RULE 26(f) CONFERENCE JOHN DOE subscriber assigned IP address 73.189.204.170, Re: Dkt. No. 8 13 Defendant.
15 Plaintiff, Strike 3 Holdings, LLC, moves ex parte for leave to serve a third-party subpoena 16 prior to a Rule 26(f) conference. The Court finds that: 17 1. Plaintiff has established that good cause exists for it to serve a third-party subpoena 18 on Comcast Cable (“Initial ISP Provider”). See UMG Recording, Inc. v. Doe, No. C 08-1193 19 SBA, 2008 WL 4104214, at *4 (N.D. Cal. Sept. 3, 2008); Arista Records LLC v. Does 1–19, 551 20 F. Supp. 2d 1, 6–7 (D.D.C. 2008). 21 2. Plaintiff may serve the Initial ISP Provider with a Rule 45 subpoena commanding it 22 to provide Plaintiff only with the true name and address of the Defendant to whom the Initial ISP 23 Provider assigned the IP address 73.189.204.170. Plaintiff shall attach a copy…