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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 to Continue CMC and Extend Service Deadline 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, 

MAVERICK RECORDING COMPANY; 

UMG RECORDINGS, INC.; SONY BMG 

MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT; and 

INTERSCOPE RECORDS 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

MAVERICK RECORDING COMPANY, a 

California joint venture; UMG RECORDINGS, 

INC., a Delaware corporation; SONY BMG 

MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, a Delaware 

general partnership; and INTERSCOPE 

RECORDS, a California general partnership, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

JOHN DOE, 

Defendant. 

CASE NO. 3:07-CV-06029-JSW 

Honerable Jeffrey S. White 

EX PARTE APPLICATION TO CONTINUE 

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

AND EXTEND TIME TO SERVE 

DEFENDANT AND [PROPOSED] ORDER 

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Plaintiffs respectfully request that the Court continue the case management conference 

currently set for March 21, 2008, at 1:30 p.m. to July 25, 2008. Plaintiffs further request, pursuant to 

the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rules 4(m) and 6(b)(1)(A), that the Court grant an additional 

90 days – until June 26, 2008 – to serve Defendant with the Summons and Complaint. As further 

explained below, Plaintiffs have not yet discovered the identity of the Doe defendant in this case, 

and cannot move this case forward until they do so. In support of their request, Plaintiffs state as 

follows: 

1. The initial case management conference is currently scheduled for March 21, 2008, at 

1:30 p.m.. The current deadline for service of process is March 28, 2008. No previous continuances 

or extensions have been requested or granted in this case.1

 

2. Plaintiffs filed their Complaint for Copyright Infringement against Defendant John 

Doe (“Defendant”) on November 29, 2007. Plaintiffs did not have sufficient identifying information 

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

address assigned by Defendant’s Internet Service Provider (“ISP”). Accordingly, in order to 

determine Defendant’s true name and identity, Plaintiffs filed their Ex Parte Application for Leave 

to Take Immediate Discovery on November 29, 2007, requesting that the Court enter an Order 

allowing Plaintiffs to serve a Rule 45 subpoena on the ISP. 

3. The Court entered an Order for Leave to take Immediate Discovery on January 30, 

2008, which was promptly served upon the ISP along with a Rule 45 subpoena. Plaintiffs expect the 

ISP to respond to the subpoena on March 14, 2008. 

4. Once Plaintiffs receive the Doe defendant’s identifying information from the ISP, 

Plaintiffs intend to send a letter to Defendant notifying him or her of Plaintiffs’ claims and inviting 

Defendant to contact Plaintiffs and attempt resolution of the dispute. If the dispute cannot be 

resolved, Plaintiffs intend to file a First Amended Complaint naming Defendant personally, and then 

proceed to serve process upon him or her. 

 

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 The initial case management conference was originally scheduled for March 11, 2008. However, 

this conference was vacated by the Court’s Reassignment Order of February 15, 2008, and 

subsequently scheduled for March 21, 2008 pursuant to the Clerk’s Notice of February 25, 2008. 

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5. Given the foregoing circumstances, and because Plaintiffs will not learn Defendant’s 

identity until shortly before the date of the currently scheduled case management conference, 

Plaintiffs respectfully request that the case management conference be continued to July 25, 2008, or 

such other date as conveniences the Court. 

6. Plaintiffs also request an additional 90 days – until June 26, 2008 – to effectuate 

service. Given that the current deadline for service of process expires just fourteen days after 

Plaintiffs expect to learn Defendant’s identity, Plaintiffs would be left with little time to attempt to 

contact Defendant and resolve the dispute, or to amend the Complaint and begin service attempts on 

Defendant if attempts to resolve the dispute fail. 

7. Given the circumstances of this case, good cause exists under Rule 4(m) for an 

extension of time to serve Defendant. See Matasareanu v. Williams, 183 F.R.D. 242, 245-46 (C.D. 

Cal. 1998) (stating good cause standard for service extensions). Unlike a traditional case in which 

the defendant is known by name and efforts to serve can begin immediately after filing the 

complaint, in this case Plaintiffs first must obtain the identity of the defendant through the subpoena 

to the ISP, a process which is not yet complete. Moreover, Plaintiffs submit that their plans to notify 

Defendant of their claims (once he or she is identified) and attempt to resolve the case before naming 

him or her in the lawsuit constitute further good cause for any delay in perfecting service. This 

Court has discretion to enlarge the time to serve even where there is no good cause shown. 

Henderson v. United States, 517 U.S. 654, 658 n. 5 (1996). 

8. Because the copyright infringements here occurred in 2007, the three-year limitations 

period for these claims has not expired. See 17 U.S.C. § 507(b) (2000). There can thus be no 

prejudice to Defendant from any delay in serving the Complaint. 

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9. Plaintiffs will provide the Defendant with a copy of this request and any Order 

concerning this request when service of process occurs. 

Dated: March 11, 2008 HOLME ROBERTS & OWEN LLP 

By: _/s/ Matthew Franklin Jaksa__________ 

MATTHEW FRANKLIN JAKSA 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

MAVERICK RECORDING COMPANY; 

UMG RECORDINGS, INC.; SONY BMG 

MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT; and 

INTERSCOPE RECORDS 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

 Good cause having been shown: 

IT IS ORDERED that the case management conference currently set for March 21, 2008, at 

1:30 p.m. be continued to July 25, 2008. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rules 4(m) 

and 6(b)(1), that Plaintiffs’ time to serve the Summons and Complaint on Defendant be extended to 

June 26, 2008. 

Dated: ___________________ By: _____________________________ 

Honorable Jeffery S. White 

United States District Judge 

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