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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, 

SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT; 

UMG RECORDINGS, INC.; 

INTERSCOPE RECORDS; WARNER 

BROS. RECORDS INC.; and ARISTA 

RECORDS LLC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

SONY BMG MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, a 

Delaware general partnership; UMG 

RECORDINGS, INC., a Delaware corporation; 

INTERSCOPE RECORDS, a California general 

partnership; WARNER BROS. RECORDS 

INC., a Delaware corporation; and ARISTA 

RECORDS LLC, a Delaware limited liability 

company, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

JOHN DOE #3, 

Defendant. 

CASE NO. 3:07-CV-04837-EMC 

Honorable Edward M. Chen 

EX PARTE APPLICATION TO CONTINUE 

CASE MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE 

AND EXTEND TIME TO SERVE 

DEFENDANT AND [PROPOSED] ORDER

AMENDED

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Plaintiffs respectfully request that the Court continue the case management conference 

currently set for January 23, 2008, at 1:30 p.m. to April 23, 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 only recently discovered the identity of the Doe defendant in this case, and have not 

yet filed an amended complaint naming this individual or served Defendant with the summons and 

complaint. In support of their request, Plaintiffs state as follows: 

1. The initial case management conference is set for January 23, 2008, at 1:30 

p.m. The Court, acting of its own accord, previously rescheduled the case management conference 

from the originally scheduled date of December 26, 2007. The current deadline for service of 

process is January 18, 2008. 

2. Plaintiffs filed their Complaint for Copyright Infringement against Defendant 

John Doe #3 (“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, 

Santa Clara 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 

November 20, 2007, which was promptly served upon the ISP along with a Rule 45 subpoena. 

5. On January 8, 2008, the ISP responded to Plaintiffs’ subpoena, providing 

Plaintiffs with identifying information including Defendant’s name, telephone number, and address. 

6. Now that Plaintiffs believe they have identified the Doe defendant, they will 

send Defendant written notice of their copyright infringement claim and attempt to resolve the 

dispute without further litigation. If efforts to resolve the dispute fail, Plaintiffs plan to file a First 

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Amended Complaint naming Defendant individually. However, Plaintiffs wish to first give 

Defendant a reasonable period of time to resolve this matter before naming him in a federal lawsuit. 

7. There is not a sufficient amount of time prior to the service deadline for 

Plaintiffs to notify Defendant of their claim, attempt to resolve the dispute, and/or amend the 

complaint to name Defendant individually and serve Defendant with the Summons and Complaint. 

8. Given the circumstances of this case, a case management conference is 

unnecessary at this time, and Plaintiffs respectfully request that the case management conference be 

continued to April 23, 2008. Plaintiffs also respectfully request an additional 90 days to effectuate 

service. 

9. Plaintiffs submit that filing their Ex Parte Application for Leave to Take 

Immediate Discovery demonstrates “good cause” under Rule 4 for an extension of time for service. 

See Ritts v. Dealers Alliance Credit Corp., 989 F. Supp. 1475, 1479 (N.D. Ga. 1997) (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 

had to obtain the identity of Defendant through the subpoena to the ISP, a process that was only 

recently completed. 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). 

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

concerning this request when service of process occurs. 

Dated: January 14, 2008 HOLME ROBERTS & OWEN LLP 

By: __________/s/ Matthew Franklin Jaksa___

MATTHEW FRANKLIN JAKSA 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

SONY BMG MUSIC 

ENTERTAINMENT; UMG 

RECORDINGS, INC.; INTERSCOPE 

RECORDS; WARNER BROS. 

RECORDS INC.; and ARISTA 

RECORDS LLC 

[PROPOSED] ORDER

 Good cause having been shown: 

IT IS ORDERED that the case management conference currently set for January 23, 2008, 

at 1:30 p.m. be continued to April 23, 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 Edward M. Chen 

United States Magistrate Judge 

May 21, 2008 at 1:30p.m. A Joint CMC statement shall 

be filed by May 14, 2008. January 16, 2008

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORN

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IT IS SO ORDERED

AS MODIFIED

Judge Edward M. Chen

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