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Nature of Suit Code: 840
Nature of Suit: Trademark
Cause of Action: 15:1125 Trademark Infringement (Lanham Act)

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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

BMW OF NORTH AMERICA, LLC, a

Delaware Limited Liability Company; and

BAYERISCHE MOTOREN WERKE AG, a

German Corporation,

Plaintiffs,

 v.

ABDUL ZAHRA, an Individual; HAKEEM

ZAHRA, an Individual; HAZEM ZAHRA, an

Individual; REEM ZAHRA, an Individual;

HEBA JAMALEDDIN, an Individual; and

DOES 1-10, inclusive,

Defendants. /

No. C 15-2924 CRB

Order Re Motion for Administrative Relief

Allowing Limited and Expedited Discovery 

Plaintiffs have moved for miscellaneous administrative relief under Civil Local Rule

7-11. They seek limited, expedited discovery prior to a Rule 26(f) conference to identify the

extent of Defendants' "sales and/or distributions of counterfeit BMW-branded automotive

products to consumers through eBay.com, with payment processing through PayPal.com." 

See Motion (dkt. 20) at 2. Default has been entered against the named Defendants. See

Clerk's Entry of Default (dkt. 19). Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(d) permits expedited

discovery in advance of a Rule 26(f) scheduling conference on a showing of good cause. See

Semitool, Inc. v. Tokyo Electron Am., Inc., 208 F.R.D. 273, 276 (N.D. Cal. 2002). Good

cause exists where “the need for expedited discovery, in consideration of the administration 

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United States District Court

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of justice, outweighs the prejudice to the responding party.” Id. Plaintiffs here have shown

good cause for limited discovery prior to a Rule 26(f) conference, and thus the Court

GRANTS Plaintiffs' motion for administrative relief. The Court ORDERS that: 

1. Plaintiffs may serve immediate discovery upon eBay, Inc. and PayPal, Inc.

pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 45 seeking information and production of

documentation to determine the full extent, if any, of Defendants Abdul Zahra,

Hakeem Zahra, Hazem Zahra, Reem Zahra, and Heba Jamaleddin’s dealings in

counterfeit BMW-branded products on eBay.com, with payment processing

through PayPal.com, under seller IDs “bmw_only.48,” “motor_sport_parts,”

“frontdiss,” “3sfora2012,” and “bavarianparts94,” and/or any other seller IDs

associated with Defendants that are presently unknown to Plaintiffs. eBay, Inc.

and PayPal, Inc. shall preserve any subpoenaed information or materials

pending compliance with the subpoenas or resolution of any timely objection

or motion to quash.

2. Plaintiffs must serve a notice and a copy of each subpoena to be served upon

Defendants, along with a copy of this Order. 

3. Plaintiffs must serve a copy of this Order upon eBay, Inc. and PayPal, Inc.

when the subpoenas are served. 

4. Any information disclosed to Plaintiffs by eBay, Inc. and PayPal, Inc. in

response to the Fed. R. Civ. P. 45 subpoenas to be served may be used by 

Plaintiffs solely for the purpose of this pending litigation.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: September 24, 2015 

CHARLES R. BREYER

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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