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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STRIKE 3 HOLDINGS, LLC, Case No.: 21-CV-61-BAS-WVG

Plaintiff,

ORDER ON PLAINTIFF’S EX

v. PARTE APPLICATION FOR LEAVE

TO SERVE A THIRD-PARTY

JOHN DOE subscriber assigned IP

SUBPOENA PRIOR TO A RULE

address 107.193.49.20, 26(F) CONFERENCE Defendant.

17 Pending before this Court is Plaintiff’s January 27, 2021 Ex Parte Application for 18 Leave to Serve a Third-Party Subpoena Prior to a Rule 26(f) Conference (“Ex Parte 19 Application”). (Doc. No. 4.) Plaintiff moves the Court for leave to serve a third-party 20 subpoena pursuant to Rule 45 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure (“Rule 45”) to obtain 21 certain limited information, namely Defendant’s true name and address. The reason 22 Plaintiff cites for its request to serve such subpoena is that, “without this information, 23 Plaintiff cannot serve Defendant nor pursue this lawsuit and protect its copyrights.” (Id., 24 8:6-7.) Having reviewed and considered…