Strike 3 Holdings, LLC v. John Doe
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STRIKE 3 HOLDINGS, LLC, Case No.: 22cv1626-RSH-MDD
Plaintiff,
ORDER DENYING EX PARTE
v. APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO
SERVE A THIRD-PARTY
JOHN DOE, subscriber assigned IP
SUBPOENA PRIOR TO A RULE
address 76.167.66.81, 26(f) CONFERENCE Defendant. 16 [ECF No. 4] 17 Before the Court is Strike 3 Holdings, LLC’s (“Plaintiff”) Ex Parte Application for Leave to Serve a Third-Party Subpoena Prior to a Rule 26(f) Conference filed on November 9, 2022. (ECF No. 4). No Defendant has been named or served. For the reasons discussed below, Plaintiff’s motion is DENIED. On October 10, 2022, Plaintiff filed a Complaint against “John Doe,” allegedly a subscriber of Spectrum assigned IP address 104.6.139.104 (“Defendant”). (ECF No. 1). Plaintiff alleges that Defendant infringed on Plaintiff’s copyrights in certain works by using the BitTorrent file through the Internet without Plaintiff’s permission. (Id.).…