Doe
Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. Doe
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STRIKE 3 HOLDINGS, INC., Case No.: 21cv2115-JAH(KSC)
Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING EX PARTE
v. APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO
SERVE A THIRD-PARTY
JOHN DOE subscriber assigned IP
SUBPOENA PRIOR TO A RULE
address 68.101.130.192, 26(f) CONFERENCE Defendant. 16 [Doc. No. 4.] 17 Before the Court is an Ex Parte Application for Leave to Serve a Third-Party Subpoena Prior to a Rule 26(f) Conference filed by plaintiff Strike 3 Holdings, LLC. Doc. No. 4. For the reasons stated below, the Court finds that plaintiff’s application must be GRANTED. I. BACKGROUND On December 21, 2021, plaintiff filed a Complaint against defendant John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 68.101.130.192 (“defendant”), asserting a claim for direct copyright infringement. See Doc. No. 1. Plaintiff alleges it is the owner of certain adult- content films that defendant is “stealing … on a…