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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

For the Northern District of California

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MALIBU MEDIA, LLC,

Plaintiff,

 v.

JOHN DOE Subscriber Assigned IP 

Address 76.126.99.126,

Defendant. /

And All Related Cross-Actions.

 /

No. C 15-04441 WHA

ORDER DENYING REQUEST

TO CONTINUE TRIAL

Malibu Media seeks to continue the trial due to the unavailability of its expert. Malibu

Media’s motion is supported by the declaration of Attorney Anthony Lupu, who avers that

Expert Michael Patzer will be unavailable to testify because he will be moving from Spain to

Thailand “in March 2017, during the time of the trial.” There is no sworn record by Patzer

himself, and Attorney Lupu’s declaration offers no further detail about the timing of Expert

Patzer’s move.

Moreover, even accepting Attorney Lupu’s statements about Expert Patzer’s move as

true, Expert Patzer could still find the time to travel to the United States to testify amid his

international move. Malibu Media has known of this trial date since March 2016. Its failure to

have its expert block out the scheduled trial dates in advance is not a reason to continue the

trial.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: February 22, 2017. WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Case 3:15-cv-04441-WHA Document 162 Filed 02/22/17 Page 1 of 1