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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17:501 Copyright Infringement

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Ex Parte Application and [Proposed] Order 

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Matthew Franklin Jaksa (CA State Bar No. 248072) 

HOLME ROBERTS & OWEN LLP

560 Mission Street, 25th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105-2994 

Telephone: (415) 268-2000 

Facsimile: (415) 268-1999 

Email: matt.jaksa@hro.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs, 

WARNER BROS. RECORDS INC.; UMG 

RECORDINGS, INC.; SONY BMG MUSIC 

ENTERTAINMENT; and ZOMBA RECORDING LLC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

WARNER BROS. RECORDS INC., a Delaware 

corporation; UMG RECORDINGS, INC., a 

Delaware corporation; SONY BMG MUSIC 

ENTERTAINMENT, a Delaware general 

partnership; and ZOMBA RECORDING LLC, a 

Delaware limited liability company, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

JOHN DOE, 

Defendant. 

CASE NO. 3:08 CV 01040 WHA 

Honorable William H. Alsup 

EX PARTE APPLICATION TO CONTINUE 

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

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Plaintiffs respectfully request that the Court continue the case management conference 

currently set for May 29, 2008 at 3:30 p.m. to August 28, 2008. As set forth in greater detail below, 

Plaintiffs have not yet discovered the true identity of the Doe defendant in this case, and will be 

unable to do so unless the Court grants Plaintiffs’ Ex Parte Application for Leave to Take Immediate 

Discovery, filed on February 21, 2008 and entered as Docket No. 6. 

1. Plaintiffs have not requested any previous continuances of the case management 

conference in this matter. 

2. Plaintiffs filed the Complaint for Copyright Infringement against Defendant John Doe 

(“Defendant”) on February 21, 2008. Plaintiffs did not have sufficient identifying information to 

name the defendant in the Complaint, but were able to identify Defendant by the Internet Protocol 

address assigned by Defendant’s Internet Service Provider (“ISP”). 

3. In order to determine Defendant’s true identity, Plaintiffs filed their Ex Parte

Application for Leave to Take Immediate Discovery on February 21, 2008, seeking the Court’s 

permission to serve a Rule 45 subpoena on the ISP. The Court has not yet ruled on Plaintiffs’ Ex 

Parte Application for Leave to Take Immediate Discovery. 

4. If the Court grants Plaintiffs’ Ex Parte Application for Leave to Take Immediate 

Discovery, Plaintiffs will attempt to determine Defendant’s identity by serving a Rule 45 subpoena 

on the ISP seeking identifying information including Defendant’s name, address, and telephone 

number. If Defendant is identified, Plaintiffs will give Defendant written notice of their claim and 

attempt to contact Defendant and resolve the dispute. If the dispute cannot be resolved, Plaintiffs 

plan to file a First Amended Complaint naming Defendant individually and then proceed to serve 

process upon him or her. 

5. However, unless the Court grants Plaintiffs’ Ex Parte Application for Leave to Take 

Immediate Discovery, Plaintiffs cannot identify the Doe defendant, initiate settlement talks, or file 

an amended complaint and begin service attempts. 

6. Given the foregoing circumstances, and because there is no known defendant with 

whom to confer, a case management conference is unnecessary at this time. Plaintiffs therefore 

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respectfully request that the Court continue the case management conference currently set for May 

29, 2008 at 3:30 p.m. to August 28, 2008. 

Dated: May 16, 2008 HOLME ROBERTS & OWEN LLP 

By: _________/s/ Matthew Franklin Jaksa___

MATTHEW FRANKLIN JAKSA 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

 Good cause having been shown: 

IT IS ORDERED that the case management conference currently set for May 29, 2008 at 

3:30 p.m. be continued to August 28, 2008. 

 

Dated: ___________________ By: _____________________________ 

 Honorable William H. Alsup 

 United States District Judge 

JUNE 19, 2008, AT 11:00 A.M. May 22, 2008.

U

NITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge William Alsup

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