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Nature of Suit Code: 820
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17:501 Copyright Infringement

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

ARISTA RECORDS LLC, a Delaware 

limited liability company; 

ATLANTIC RECORDING CORPORATION, 

a Delaware corporation; BMG 

MUSIC, a New York general 

partnership; CAPITOL RECORDS, 

LLC, a Delaware limited 

liability company; ELEKTRA 

ENTERTAINMENT GROUP INC., a 

Delaware corporation; SONY BMG 

MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT, a Delaware 

general partnership; UMG 

RECORDINGS, INC., a Delaware 

corporation; and ZOMBA 

RECORDING LLC, a Delaware 

limited liability company, 

 Plaintiffs, 

 v. 

DOES 1-4, 

 Defendants. 

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No. 2:08-CV-01184 JAM KJM 

Order Granting Ex Parte 

Application

 The matter before the Court is Plaintiffs’ Ex Parte

Application (“Application”) seeking leave of Court to take 

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expedited discovery. Upon review of the Application and the 

applicable law, the Court GRANTS the motion. Plaintiffs have 

demonstrated good cause for the expedited discovery they seek, 

as the information is not only relevant but critical to the 

prosecution of Plaintiffs’ claims. See Semitool, Inc. v. Tokyo 

Electron America Inc., 208 F.R.D. 273, 275-76 (N.D. Cal. 2002) 

(expedited discovery is appropriate when good cause is shown); 

see also Arista Records LLC v. Does 1-43, 2007 WL 4538697, *1-2

(S.D. Cal. 2007) (expedited discovery appropriate where 

plaintiffs sought to identify true identities of Doe Defendants 

who allegedly downloaded plaintiffs’ copyrighted works and/or 

distributed copyrighted works to the public). This litigation 

cannot go forward without the true identities of the Defendants. 

Therefore, Plaintiffs’ request for expedited discovery is 

granted, subject to the following limitations. 

Plaintiffs may serve immediate discovery on the University 

of California, Davis to obtain the true identity of each Doe 

Defendant by serving a Rule 45 subpoena that is limited to 

information sufficient to identify each Doe Defendant, including 

each defendant’s name, current and permanent addresses and 

telephone numbers, e-mail addresses, and Media Access Control 

addresses for each Defendant. Any information disclosed to 

Plaintiffs in response to the Rule 45 subpoena may be used by 

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Plaintiffs solely for the purpose of protecting Plaintiffs’ 

rights under the Copyright Act. 

The disclosure of this information is ordered pursuant to 

20 U.S.C. § 1232(g)(b)(2)(B). Consistent with the provision, if 

and when the University of California, Davis is served with a 

subpoena, it shall, within five business days, give written 

notice to the subscribers whose identities are to be disclosed 

in response to the subpoena. Such written notice may be 

achieved by messages sent via electronic mail. If the 

University of California, Davis, and/or any defendant wishes to 

move to quash the subpoena, they shall do so before the return 

date of the subpoena. If a timely motion to quash is filed, 

University of California, Davis shall nonetheless preserve any 

subpoenaed information pending the resolution of such motion. 

Plaintiffs shall provide University of California, Davis with a 

copy of this Order along with its subpoena. 

For the reasons stated above, Plaintiff’s Application 

seeking leave to take expedited discovery is GRANTED. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Dated: May 30, 2008 

 

 

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