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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 Time to Serve Defendant 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, 

UMG RECORDINGS, INC.; BMG MUSIC; 

ATLANTIC RECORDING 

CORPORATION; and SONY BMG 

MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

UMG RECORDINGS, INC., a Delaware 

corporation; BMG MUSIC, a New York general 

partnership; ATLANTIC RECORDING 

CORPORATION, a Delaware corporation; and 

SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, a 

Delaware general partnership, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

JOHN DOE #5, 

Defendant. 

CASE NO. 5:07-CV-04856-JF 

Honorable Jeremy Fogel 

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 February 15, 2008, at 10:30 a.m. to May 16, 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 to serve Defendant with the Summons and Complaint. As further explained 

below, Plaintiffs believe they have discovered the identity of the Doe defendant in this case, but do 

not have sufficient time to serve Defendant with an amended complaint naming Defendant 

individually before the current deadline for service expires. In support of their request, Plaintiffs 

state as follows: 

1. The initial case management conference is set for February 15, 2008, at 10:30 

a.m., as previously continued by the Court pursuant to the Clerk’s Notice filed on December 19, 

2007. The current deadline for service of process is January 18, 2008. 

2. Plaintiffs filed their Complaint for Copyright Infringement against Defendant 

John Doe #5 (“Defendant”) on September 20, 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 to Defendant by Defendant’s Internet Service Provider (“ISP”) – here, San 

Francisco State University. 

3. In order to determine Defendant’s true name and identity, Plaintiffs filed their 

Ex Parte Application for Leave to Take Immediate Discovery on September 20, 2007, requesting 

that the Court enter an Order allowing Plaintiffs to serve a Rule 45 subpoena on the ISP. 

4. The Court entered an Order for Leave to take Immediate Discovery on 

October 3, 2007, which was promptly served upon the ISP along with a Rule 45 subpoena. On 

November 16, 2007, the ISP responded to Plaintiffs’ subpoena, identifying Tiffany Ellaina Turner 

and providing Plaintiffs with contact information including Ms. Turner’s telephone number and 

address. 

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5. On December 4, 2007, Plaintiffs sent a letter to Ms. Turner notifying her of 

their claims for copyright infringement and encouraging her to make contact to attempt to amicably 

resolve this matter. To date, Plaintiffs have not received a response to this letter, and Plaintiffs have 

been unsuccessful in their further attempts to contact Ms. Turner by telephone and e-mail. 

6. Plaintiffs have prepared a First Amended Complaint naming Ms. Turner 

individually as the defendant, and intend to file the same in the next several days. However, 

Plaintiffs do not have sufficient time to effectuate service by the current service deadline of January 

18. Therefore, Plaintiffs respectfully request an additional 90 days to effectuate service. 

7. Given the circumstances of this case, Plaintiffs also request that the case 

management conference be continued to May 16, 2008 to allow Plaintiffs adequate time to effectuate 

service in time for Defendant to retain counsel and file a response. 

8. Plaintiffs submit that their efforts to give written notice to Ms. Turner of their 

claim and subsequent efforts to contact her and resolve the case before naming her in the lawsuit 

constitute good cause for any delay in perfecting service. See Ritts v. Dealers Alliance Credit Corp., 

989 F. Supp. 1475, 1479 (N.D. Ga. 1997) (stating good cause standard for service extensions). Here, 

Plaintiffs have acted in good faith to try to settle this matter with Ms. Turner without potentially 

damaging her credit by naming her in the suit as well as attempting to avoid the cost of further 

litigation for both parties. Moreover, 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 

had to obtain the identity of the defendant through the subpoena to the ISP. 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). 

9. 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 the Defendant from any delay in serving the Complaint. 

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

concerning this request when service of process occurs. 

Dated: January 17, 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 February 15, 2008, 

at 10:30 a.m. be continued to May 16, 2008. 

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, pursuant to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rules 

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

April 17, 2008. 

Dated: ___________________ By: _____________________________ 

Honorable Jeremy Fogel 

United States District Judge 

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