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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 67.169.165.63,

Defendant. /

No. C 15-04155 WHA

ORDER EXTENDING

DEADLINE TO SERVE

DEFENDANT WITH SUMMONS

AND COMPLAINT

Plaintiff commenced this action on September 11, 2015. Pursuant to Rule 4(m), the

deadline to effectuate service of process was January 11, 2016. On October 18, 2015 an order

granted plaintiff’s request to serve a third-party subpoena on defendant’s Internet provider,

Comcast, in order to obtain defendant’s identifying information. Plaintiff received defendant’s

identifying information from Comcast on December 14. On January 11, plaintiff sought to

extend the deadline to effectuate service by forty-five days. 

Plaintiff had twenty-eight days to serve defendant from the date it received Comcast’s

response and offers an inadequate explanation for its failure to do so within that time period. 

Specifically, plaintiff avers, without any details, that it “conducted a thorough investigation of

the information provided” by Comcast. Further, plaintiff notes that it must move to file under

seal its amended complaint, proposed summons, and return of service before it can serve

defendant, although it has not yet filed any such sealing motion or a proposed summons. 

Case 3:15-cv-04155-WHA Document 21 Filed 01/17/16 Page 1 of 2
United States District Court

For the Northern District of California

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In the Court’s judgment, four weeks following the receipt of defendant’s identifying

information should be plenty enough time to effectuate service unless defendant is dodging

service. Nevertheless, this order hereby extends the deadline to effectuate service to JANUARY

29, 2016. Going forward, plaintiff must serve the defendants in its other cases within the 120

days provided in Rule 4(m) (90 days for cases filed after the 2015 amendments to the Federal

Rules of Civil Procedure took effect) or four weeks from receiving the identification from the

defendant’s Internet provider.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 17, 2016. WILLIAM ALSUP

UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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