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Nature of Suit Code: 490
Nature of Suit: Cable/ Satellite TV
Cause of Action: 47:553 Communications Act of 1994

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United States District Court

Northern District of California

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

J & J SPORTS PRODUCTIONS, INC.,

Plaintiff,

v.

IGNACIO BERMUDEZ,

Defendant.

Case No. 14-cv-03925-VC 

ORDER DENYING MOTION TO 

ALTER JUDGMENT

Re: Doc. No. 32

The motion to alter or amend the judgment is denied. The motion is based on the fact that 

J & J's investigator attached a picture to her affidavit (or someone attached a picture to her 

affidavit). The picture is of two satellite dishes on the roof of a building. J & J argues that this 

picture constitutes proof that the defendant is liable under 42 U.S.C. § 605. However, the 

investigator does not mention the photograph in her affidavit, much less authenticate it or describe 

what it depicts. Under these circumstances, the Court cannot conclude that the picture justifies a 

finding of liability under Section 605. The award of discretionary damages under Section 553 was 

therefore appropriate, and there is no basis for altering the judgment. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 59(e);

Kona Enterprises, Inc. v. Estate of Bishop, 229 F.3d 877, 890 (9th Cir. 2000) (Rule 59(e) is an 

"extraordinary remedy, to be used sparingly in the interests of finality and conservation of judicial 

resources" (citation omitted)). 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 14, 2015

______________________________________

 VINCE CHHABRIA

 United States District Judge

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