Stephens

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 P. BART STEPHENS, Case No. 3:23-cv-04183-JD

Plaintiff,

ORDER RE EX PARTE TRO AND

v. REQUEST FOR EXPEDITED

DISCOVERY

JANE DOE,

Defendant.

12 Plaintiff P. Bart Stephens has filed a complaint and an ex parte motion for a temporary restraining order (TRO) against defendants Jane Doe, et al. Dkt. Nos. 1, 9. Stephens has also filed an ex parte request to expedite third-party discovery. Dkt. No. 10. Stephens says that defendants are “as-of-yet unidentified malicious hackers” who took control of his cell phone line by impersonating him and “tricking the cellular service provider into transferring [his] service to a SIM card controlled by” them. Dkt. No. 1 ¶ 3. He alleges that, beginning in May 2023, defendants “converted over $6.3 million worth of digital assets” that he owned “by withdrawing them to blockchain wallets [that they] controlled.” Id. ¶ 5. “After the initial attack, Defendants funneled portions of the stolen digital…