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Nature of Suit Code: 950
Nature of Suit: Constitutionality of State Statutes
Cause of Action: Civil Miscellaneous Case

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The holding of this court is limited to the facts and the particular circumstances

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underlying the present motion.

Judge Trumbull hears law and motion at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesdays. Notice requirements 2

are set forth in Civil Local Rule 7-2(a), and procedures for requesting shortened time, if warranted, are

set forth in Civil Local Rule 6.

ORDER, page 1

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

SAN JOSE DIVISION

MOHAMED FODA, M.D., et al., 

Applicant,

v.

RATEMDS., INC.,

Respondent,

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Case No.: C 10-80099 JW (PVT)

INTERIM ORDER RE APPLICATION FOR

ORDER TO TAKE THIRD PARTY

DISCOVERY VIA SUBPOENA PURSUANT TO

28 U.S.C. § 1782

(Re: Docket No. 1)

On April 29, 2010, “Applicants” Mohamed Foda, M.D. and Mohamed Foda, P.C. filed an

Application for Order to Take Third Party Discovery via Subpoena Pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1782.1

Having reviewed the papers submitted by the parties, the court finds it appropriate to issue this

interim order. Based on the application and the file herein,

IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that, no later than May 25, 2010, the Applicants shall serve a

copy of the application, along with a copy of this order a proper notice of motion, on every party to 2

the foreign proceedings in connection with which the applicant seeks to use the requested discovery. 

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28 If the Applicant believes this motion may be heard ex parte, he shall cite to the statute, 3

rule or order which permits the use of an ex parte motion to obtain the relief sought. See, CIV.L.R. 7-10.

ORDER, page 2

See In re Letters Rogatory from Tokyo Dist. Prosecutor's Office, Tokyo, Japan, 16 F.3d 1016, 1020

(9 Cir. 1994) (notice requirements of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure apply to discovery pursuant th

to 28 U.S.C. § 1782(a)); see also, FED.R.CIV.PRO. 5(a)(1)(D) (requiring written motions to be served

on every party unless it may be heard ex parte). The notice of motion shall expressly identify the 3

tribunal, title and case number of the foreign proceedings in connection with which the applicant

seeks to use the requested discovery. Applicants shall promptly thereafter file a proof of service.

IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that, along with the application and notice of motion,

Applicants shall file and serve a supplemental brief that addresses the comment posters’ First

Amendment right to anonymous speech. See, e.g., Doe v. 2TheMart.com Inc., 140 F.Supp.2d 1088

(W.D. Wash. 2001) (noting that disclosure of a non-party who posts comments on the internet

anonymously “is only appropriate in the exceptional case where the compelling need for the

discovery sought outweighs the First Amendment rights of the anonymous speaker”); see also, Best

Western Intern., Inc. v. Doe, 2006 WL 2091695 (D.Ariz. 2006) and cases cited therein. The

supplemental brief shall also address the relevance to the claims or defenses in the foreign

proceedings of any deletion of positive comments from RateMDs.com.

Dated: 5/10/10

 

PATRICIA V. TRUMBULL

United States Magistrate Judge

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