Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 76.102.4.25
Opinion
trial_court Opinion
1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 STRIKE 3 HOLDINGS, LLC, Case No. 24-cv-01025-WHO
8 Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING EX PARTE
9 v. APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO
SERVE EARLY SUBPOENA
10 JOHN DOE SUBSCRIBER ASSIGNED IP ADDRESS 76.102.4.25, Re: Dkt. No. 9 11 Defendant.
12 13 Plaintiff Strike 3 Holdings, LLC, has applied ex parte for leave to serve a Rule 45 14 subpoena on the anonymous Doe defendant’s internet service provider (“ISP”) to receive only the 15 name and address associated with the known IP address allegedly infringing its copyright. 16 The standards for granting leave for these motions have become well-established in this 17 District and others. I find that, based on the plaintiff’s sworn submissions, there is good cause to 18 permit the narrow subpoena to issue. See Fed. R. Civ. Proc. 45; see, e.g., Strike 3 Holdings, LLC 19 v. Doe, No. 17-CV-07051-LB, 2018 WL 357287, at *2-*3 (N.D. Cal. Jan. 10, 2018) (collecting 20 authorities and standards). The plaintiff has made a sufficient preliminary…