Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. Doe subscriber assigned IP Address 99.178.134.93

I. BACKGROUND

22 On December 29, 2020, Plaintiff filed a Complaint against Defendant “John Doe,” 23 who Plaintiff alleges is a subscriber of AT&T U-verse and assigned Internet Protocol (“IP”) 24 address 99.178.134.93. Dkt No. 1 at 2. In its Complaint, Plaintiff alleges that it “is the 25 owner of award-winning, critically acclaimed adult motion pictures.” Id. at 1. Plaintiff 26 asserts that Defendant is committing “rampant and wholesale copyright infringement” by 27 28 downloading, recording, and distributing copies of Plaintiff’s copyrighted motion pictures without authorization using the BitTorrent file. Id. at 2, 4–6. On January 18, 2021, Plaintiff filed the instant Application. Dkt. No. 4. Plaintiff seeks an order from the Court allowing it to serve a subpoena pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure on Internet Service Provider (“ISP”) AT&T U-verse seeking Defendant’s “true name and address” to “prosecute the claims made in its Complaint.” Dkt. No. 4-1 at 8. II. LEGAL STANDARD The Court may grant a request for early or expedited discovery upon a showing of good cause. See Semitool, Inc. v. Tokyo Electron Am.,…