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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 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, 

WARNER BROS. RECORDS INC.; 

INTERSCOPE RECORDS; MAVERICK 

RECORDING COMPANY; UMG RECORDINGS, 

INC.; BMG MUSIC; and VIRGIN RECORDS 

AMERICA, INC. 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

WARNER BROS. RECORDS INC., a Delaware 

corporation; INTERSCOPE RECORDS, a 

California general partnership; MAVERICK 

RECORDING COMPANY, a California joint 

venture; UMG RECORDINGS, INC., a 

Delaware corporation; BMG MUSIC, a New 

York general partnership; and VIRGIN 

RECORDS AMERICA, INC., a California 

corporation, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

JOHN DOE #2, 

Defendant. 

CASE NO. 3:07-CV-04842-MJJ 

The Honorable Martin J. Jenkins 

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 January 8, 2008 at 2:00 p.m. to May 6, 2008. Plaintiffs further request, 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 from January 18, 2008 to May 16, 2008. As set 

forth in more detail below and in the accompanying declaration, this application is made ex parte

because Defendant’s identity is not yet known to Plaintiffs. Declaration of Matthew Franklin Jaksa 

(“Jaksa Decl.”), ¶ 5. 

Plaintiffs filed the Complaint against Defendant John Doe #2 (“Defendant”) on September 

20, 2007. Jaksa Decl., ¶ 2. Also on September 20, 2007, Plaintiffs filed their Ex Parte Application 

for Leave to Take Immediate Discovery, seeking the Court’s permission to serve a Rule 45 subpoena 

on San Francisco State University (“SFSU”) so that Plaintiffs could obtain information sufficient to 

identify Defendant. Jaksa Decl., ¶ 4. The Court has not yet ruled on Plaintiffs’ Ex Parte Application 

for Leave to Take Immediate Discovery. Jaksa Decl., ¶ 5. 

If the Court grants Plaintiffs’ Ex Parte Application for Leave to Take Immediate Discovery, 

Plaintiffs will attempt to determine Defendant’s identity by serving a Rule 45 subpoena on SFSU. 

Jaksa Decl., ¶ 6. However, until that time, Plaintiffs cannot seek discovery from SFSU, and 

therefore cannot identify and serve Defendant or otherwise advance the present litigation. Jaksa 

Decl., ¶¶ 5, 7, 9. 

Given the foregoing circumstances, a case management conference is unnecessary at this 

time. Plaintiffs therefore respectfully request that the Court continue the case management 

conference currently set for January 8, 2008, at 2:00 p.m. to May 6, 2008. 

Furthermore, the original time period for Plaintiffs to serve the Summons and Complaint on 

Defendant will expire on January 18, 2008. Jaksa Decl., ¶ 8. Unless and until Plaintiffs learn 

Defendant’s identity, Plaintiffs will be unable to amend the complaint to name Defendant, or serve 

the amended complaint on Defendant. Jaksa Decl., ¶ 9. Even if the Court were to grant Plaintiffs’ 

Ex Parte Application for Leave to Take Immediate Discovery in the near future and Plaintiffs were 

then to immediately serve a subpoena on SFSU, it is unlikely that Plaintiffs would learn Defendant’s 

identity before the original service deadline passes. Moreover, Plaintiffs would be left with little or 

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no time to contact Defendant and attempt to resolve this matter or to amend the complaint to name 

Defendant and attempt to serve the amended complaint. 

Therefore, Plaintiffs respectfully request that the time to serve the Summons and Complaint 

on Defendant be extended to May 16, 2008. 

Dated: December 20, 2007 HOLME ROBERTS & OWEN LLP 

By: /s/ Matthew Franklin Jaksa______ 

MATTHEW FRANKLIN JAKSA 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

ORDER

 Good cause having been shown: 

IT IS ORDERED that the case management conference currently set for January 8, 2008, at 

2:00 p.m. be continued to May 6, 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 

May 16, 2008. 

Dated: ___________________ By: _____________________________ 

Honorable Martin J. Jenkins 

United States District Judge 

12/21/2007

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

Judge Martin J. Jenkins

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