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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 24.6.62.70,

Defendant. /

No. C 15-04246 WHA

ORDER GRANTING SEALING

MOTION AND EXTENDING

DEADLINE TO EFFECTUATE

SERVICE OF PROCESS

Plaintiff commenced this action on September 17, 2015. Pursuant to Rule 4(m), the

deadline to effectuate service of process was January 18, 2016. On October 18, 2015, an order

granted plaintiff’s request to serve a third-party subpoena on defendant’s Internet provider,

Comcast, in order to obtain defendant’s identifying information. Plaintiff received defendant’s

identifying information from Comcast on December 10. On January 15, plaintiff moved to file

under seal its amended complaint, proposed summons, and return of service, and also sought to

extend the deadline within which to effectuate service by forty-five days. 

Plaintiff had thirty-nine days to serve defendant from the date it received Comcast’s

response and offers an inadequate explanation for its failure to do so within that time period. 

Specifically, plaintiff avers, without any details, that it “conducted a thorough investigation of

the information provided” by Comcast. Further, plaintiff notes that it had to move to file under

seal its amended complaint, proposed summons, and return of service before it can serve

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United States District Court

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defendant, which motion it filed thirty-six days after receiving defendant’s identifying

information. 

In the Court’s judgment, four weeks following the receipt of defendant’s identifying

information should be plenty enough time to effectuate service unless defendant is dodging

service. Nevertheless, this order hereby GRANTS plaintiff’s sealing motion and extends the

deadline to effectuate service to JANUARY 29, 2016. Going forward, plaintiff must serve the

defendants in its other cases within the 120 days provided in Rule 4(m) (90 days for cases filed

after the 2015 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure took effect) or four weeks

from receiving the identifying information from the defendant’s Internet provider.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 19, 2016. WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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