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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

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

CRAGSLIST, INC,

Plaintiff,

v.

3TAPS, INC,

Defendant.

Case No. 12-cv-03816-CRB (JSC)

ORDER GRANTING MOTION FOR 

LIMITED RELIEF FROM CERTAIN 

REQUIREMENTS OF THE 

STIPULATED PROTECTIVE ORDER

Re: Dkt. No. 282

Plaintiff craiglist, Inc. (“craigslist”) brought this copyright infringement case against 

Defendants 3taps, Inc. (“3taps”), PadMapper, Inc. (“PadMapper”), Discovery Home Network, Inc. 

(d/b/a Lovely) (“Lovely”), Robert Kidd (“Kidd’), Hard Yaka, Inc. (“Hard Yaka”), Brian Niessen 

(“Niessen”). The case has been referred to the undersigned magistrate judge for the purposes of 

discovery. (Dkt. Nos. 108, 284.) Presently before the Court is craigslist’s motion for limited 

relief from the parties’ Stipulated Protective Order (“Protective Order”). (Dkt. No. 282.) 

Specifically, craiglist seeks relief from the document destruction requirements of the Protective 

Order (Dkt. No. 105 ¶ 14) to permit it to comply with a retention obligation generated in its 

pending dispute with its former counsel, Perkins Coie, regarding the firm’s representation of 

craigslist in this case. In their motion, craigslist seeks to extend its obligation to return or destroy 

designated Protected Materials until 45 days after its obligation to retain those materials in 

connection with the Perkins Coie dispute ceases. No Defendant has filed an objection to 

craigslist’s motion: 3taps, Hard Yaka, Kidd, and Lovely filed a statement of non-opposition (Dkt. 

No. 286), and neither PadMapper nor Niessen have responded to the motion. 

The Court finds the motion suitable for resolution without oral argument. See N.D. Cal. 

Civ. L.R. 7-1(b). Having considered craigslist’s submission and the lack of objections, and for 

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good cause shown, the Court GRANTS craiglist’s motion. Accordingly, the Court AMENDS 

Paragraph 14 of the Protective Order such that craigslist’s obligation to destroy or return Protected 

Materials is now 45 days after its obligation to retain such materials in connection with the Perkins 

Coie dispute ceases. The remaining provisions of the Order remain in full force and effect and are 

not otherwise altered by this Order.

This Order disposes of Docket No. 282.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 22, 2016

JACQUELINE SCOTT CORLEY

United States Magistrate Judge

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