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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17:101 Copyright Infringement

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

STRIKE 3 HOLDINGS, LLC,

Plaintiff,

v.

JOHN DOE SUBSCRIBER ASSIGNED IP 

ADDRESS 107.208.9.165,

Defendant.

Case No. 19-cv-00723-JCS 

ORDER WITHDRAWING CLERK’S 

NOTICE REQUIRING CONSENT OR 

DECLINATION AND STAYING 

COMPLAINCE WITH SUBPOENA

Re: Dkt. No. 20

Plaintiff Strike 3 Holdings, LLC (“Strike 3”) brought this action against Defendant John 

Doe, identified only by an IP address, whose true name is unknown to Strike 3. See Compl. (dkt. 

1). The Court granted Strike 3’s application to issue a subpoena to AT&T, which Strike 3 

believed was Doe’s internet service provider. Dkt. 10. Doe now “specially appear[s]” to move to 

quash the subpoena. See Mot. to Quash (dkt. 19). 

The Clerk issued a notice requiring Doe’s consent or declination to the jurisdiction of a 

magistrate judge under 28 U.S.C. § 636(c) in light of the motion to quash. Dkt. 20. That notice 

was filed in error. The undersigned magistrate judge is authorized to consider the motion to quash 

regardless of the parties’ consent under 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)(A) as a “pretrial matter” not 

specifically enumerated as an exception to magistrate judge jurisdiction. See also N.D. Cal. 

General Order 44 (assignment plan designating magistrate judges to “be included in the civil case 

assignment system in the same manner as active district judges,” with exceptions not applicable 

here). The notice is therefore WITHDRAWN, and Doe shall not file a response indicating consent 

or declination to a magistrate judge under § 636 (governing consent to take case-dispositive 

action) unless and until Doe is served with a complaint and appears as a defendant. 

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AT&T’s compliance with the subpoena is STAYED pending resolution of the motion to 

quash.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 5, 2019

______________________________________

JOSEPH C. SPERO

Chief Magistrate Judge

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