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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 

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Thomas M. Kerr (State Bar No. 241530) 

HOLME ROBERTS & OWEN LLP 

560 Mission Street, 25th Floor 

San Francisco, CA 94105-2994 

Telephone: (415) 268-2000 

Facsimile: (415) 268-1999 

Email: tom.kerr@hro.com 

Attorneys for Plaintiffs 

UMG RECORDINGS, INC.; WARNER BROS. 

RECORDS INC.; CAPITOL RECORDS, INC.; 

ELEKTRA ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC.; 

AND ARISTA RECORDS LLC 

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

SAN JOSE DIVISION 

UMG RECORDINGS, INC., a Delaware 

corporation; WARNER BROS. RECORDS 

INC., a Delaware corporation; CAPITOL 

RECORDS, INC., a Delaware corporation; 

ELEKTRA ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC., 

a Delaware corporation; and ARISTA 

RECORDS LLC, a Delaware limited liability 

company, 

Plaintiffs, 

v. 

SARA POSTER, 

Defendant. 

Case No. C06-2051 JF 

Honorable Jeremy Fogel 

EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR LEAVE 

OF COURT TO CONDUCT DISCOVERY 

TO COMPLETE SERVICE AND 

[PROPOSED] ORDER 

**E-filed 1/22/07**

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 Plaintiffs hereby request for leave of Court so that Plaintiffs may proceed with discovery in 

this matter in order to serve Defendant Sara Poster (“Defendant”) with the summons and complaint. 

As explained in Plaintiffs ex parte application to continue the case management conference filed 

with the Court on January 4, 2007, Plaintiffs have been diligently attempting to serve Defendant 

with the summons and complaint, however have been unable to locate Defendant and find a valid 

address for her. Plaintiffs filed the complaint against Defendant on March 17, 2006. Since filing the 

complaint, Plaintiffs’ counsel has spoken with Defendant three times by calling Defendant on her 

mobile telephone. In each of these conversations, Plaintiffs’ counsel has described the nature of the 

case, and Defendant was informed that Plaintiffs are now attempting to serve her with the summons 

and complaint. Defendant has refused to give Plaintiffs an address for service. Plaintiffs’ counsel 

has learned that Defendant was admitted as a member of the California Bar on December 1, 2006. 

Defendant verified this fact when Plaintiffs’ counsel spoke with Defendant on November 21, 2006. 

Plaintiffs’ have attempted to serve Defendant at the address provided on the California State Bar 

website, however the address provided for Defendant is a post office box, and therefore Defendant 

cannot be served at that address. Plaintiffs are diligently attempting to serve Defendant, and remain 

in the process of attempting to locate Defendant’s address. However, recent attempts to serve 

Defendant at addresses found through investigation have proven unsuccessful. Plaintiffs therefore 

respectfully request the Court for leave of Court to initiate discovery so that Plaintiffs may locate 

Defendant and serve her with the summons and complaint. 

DATED: January 17, 2007 HOLME ROBERTS & OWEN LLP 

By: /s/ Thomas Kerr __________

 Thomas M. Kerr 

Attorney for Plaintiffs 

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ORDER

 Good cause having been shown: 

IT IS ORDERED that Plaintiffs are granted leave of Court to initiate discovery in order to 

locate Defendant and serve her with the summons and complaint. 

Dated: __________________ By:_________________________________ 

Honorable Jeremy Fogel 

United States District Judge 

1/19/07

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