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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, 

LAFACE RECORDS LLC; UMG 

RECORDINGS, INC.; and SONY BMG 

MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN FRANCISCO DIVISION 

LAFACE RECORDS LLC, a Delaware limited 

liability company; UMG RECORDINGS, INC., 

a Delaware corporation; and SONY BMG 

MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, a Delaware 

general partnership, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

JOHN DOE #5, 

Defendant. 

CASE NO. 3:07-CV-04839-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, the parties have reached a provisional settlement in this case, and Plaintiffs have not yet 

received a response to the early discovery authorized by this Court to determine the true identity of 

the Doe defendant. 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 #5 (“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. Plaintiffs thereafter 

granted the ISP an extension of time to respond to Plaintiffs’ subpoena. To date the ISP has not 

supplied the subpoenaed information, but Plaintiffs expect a response from the ISP on February 8, 

2008. 

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5. However, after being notified by the ISP of Plaintiffs’ subpoena, Defendant contacted 

Plaintiffs, and the parties have reached a provisional settlement. The parties are now in the process 

of finalizing the settlement. 

6. 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 request an additional 90 days to effectuate service so that, in the event 

the settlement fails, Plaintiffs will have time to receive discovery from the ISP, file an amended 

complaint naming Defendant individually, and serve Defendant with the summons and complaint. 

7. 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 seek the identity of Defendant through the subpoena to the ISP, a process that is not yet complete. 

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). 

8. 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. 

9. 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 

LAFACE RECORDS LLC; UMG 

RECORDINGS, INC.; and SONY BMG 

MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT 

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[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 1:30pm. 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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