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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 98.207.153.167,

Defendant. /

No. C 15-04173 WHA

ORDER EXTENDING

DEADLINE TO EFFECTUATE

SERVICE OF PROCESS

Plaintiff commenced this action on September 11, 2015. Pursuant to Rule 4(m), the

deadline to effectuate service of process was January 11, 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. While the subpoena was

pending, counsel for the above-named Internet subscriber contacted plaintiff and informed it

that the alleged infringer was a tenant of the subscriber and offered to provide the tenant’s

identifying information. Plaintiff received that information no later than December 17. On

January 11, plaintiff sought to extend the deadline to effectuate service of process by forty-five

days.

Plaintiff had twenty-five days to serve defendant from the date it received the tenant’s

identifying information, and it has not yet moved to file under its amended complaint, proposed

summons, and return of service, as it must before it can serve defendant.

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United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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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. This order hereby 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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