Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 99.9.97.246

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 STRIKE 3 HOLDINGS, LLC, Case No. 24-cv-00993-HSG

8 Plaintiff, ORDER GRANTING EX PARTE

APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO

9 v. SERVE A THIRD-PARTY SUBPOENA

10 JOHN DOE SUBSCRIBER ASSIGNED IP Re: Dkt. No. 8

ADDRESS 99.9.97.246,

11 Defendant. 12 13 Plaintiff Strike 3 Holdings, LLC moves ex parte for leave to serve a third-party subpoena 14 prior to the Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f) conference. Dkt. No. 8. Having considered 15 Plaintiff’s application, the Court ORDERS as follows: 16 1. Plaintiff has established that “good cause” exists for it to serve a third-party 17 subpoena on AT&T (hereinafter the “ISP”) under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 45. See, e.g., 18 UMG Recording, Inc. v. Doe, 2008 WL 4104214, *4 (N.D. Cal. 2008); Arista Records LLC v. 19 Does 1–19, 551 F. Supp. 2d 1, 6–7 (D.D.C. 2008); see also Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. Doe, No. 20 17-CV-07051-LB, 2018 WL 357287, at *2 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 10, 2018). 21 2. Plaintiff may serve the ISP with a…