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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 50.185.137.190,

Defendant. /

No. C 16-01000 WHA

ORDER DENYING MOTION

TO QUASH SUBPOENA

Malibu Media served a third-party subpoena on defendant’s Internet service provider,

Comcast. Defendant filed a motion to quash or modify the subpoena on the grounds that he was

a customer of Malibu Media’s and because compliance would invade his privacy. His motion is

not accompanied by a sworn record and did not include any of his contact information. The

Court ordered defendant to file a notice indicating his name and address to be filed under seal

for the Court’s eyes only, but defendant never responded.

Defendant’s denial of liability is not a basis for quashing the subpoena, and any privacy

interest he has in the subpoenaed information is far outweighed by Malibu Media’s need to

identify the proper defendant in this action, which can only be done with this subpoena. 

Accordingly, defendant’s motion to quash is DENIED.

Case 3:16-cv-01000-WHA Document 11 Filed 06/30/16 Page 1 of 2
United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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Malibu Media shall SERVE this order on Comcast in the same manner it served the

subpoena. The Clerk shall please SERVE this order on Comcast at the address provided below,

which was included in defendant’s motion to quash:

Comcast Corporation

c/o CT Corporation System

818 West Seventh Street, Ste 930

Los Angeles, CA 90017

Comcast shall comply with the subpoena by JULY 14.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: June 30, 2016. 

WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

Case 3:16-cv-01000-WHA Document 11 Filed 06/30/16 Page 2 of 2