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Parties Involved:
John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 67.187.164.5
Defendant
Malibu Media, LLC
Plaintiff

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11 MALIBU MEDIA, LLC,

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Sacramento

Case Number: 2:15-cv-02708-MCE-AC

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13 vs.

Plaintiff, ORDER ON EX-PARTE MOTION FOR 

LEAVE TO SERVE THIRD PARTY 

SUBPOENA PRIOR TO A RULE 26(f) 

CONFERENCE

14 JOHN DOE subscriber assigned IP address 

67.187.164.5,

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Defendant.

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17 THIS CAUSE came before the Court upon Plaintiff’s Motion for Leave to Serve a

18 Third Party Subpoena Prior to a Rule 26(f) Conference (the “Motion”), and the Court being

19 duly advised in the premises does hereby:

20 FIND, ORDER AND ADJUDGE:

21 1. Plaintiff established that “good cause” exists for it to serve a third party

22 subpoena on Comcast Cable (hereinafter the “ISP”). See UMG Recording, Inc. v. Doe, 2008

23 WL 4104214, *4 (N.D. Cal. 2008); and Arista Records LLC v. Does 1-19, 551 F. Supp. 2d 1, 6-

24 7 (D.D.C. 2008).

25 2. Plaintiff may serve the ISP with a Rule 45 subpoena commanding the ISP to

26 provide Plaintiff with the true name and address of the Defendant to whom the ISP assigned an 

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1 IP address as set forth on Exhibit A to the Complaint. Plaintiff shall attach to any such

2 subpoena a copy of this Order.

3 3. Plaintiff may also serve a Rule 45 subpoena in the same manner as above on any

4 service provider that is identified in response to a subpoena as a provider of Internet services to

5 one of the Defendants.

6 4. If the ISP qualifies as a “cable operator,” as defined by 47 U.S.C. § 522(5),

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8 the term “cable operator” means any person or group of persons

9 (A) who provides cable service over a cable system and directly or through one

10 or more affiliates owns a significant interest in such cable system, or

11 (B) who otherwise controls or is responsible for, through any arrangement, the

12 management and operation of such a cable system.

13 it shall comply with 47 U.S.C. § 551(c)(2)(B), which states:

14 A cable operator may disclose such [personal identifying] information if the

15 disclosure is . . . made pursuant to a court order authorizing such disclosure, if

16 the subscriber is notified of such order by the person to whom the order is

17 directed.

18 by sending a copy of this Order to the Defendant.

19 5. Plaintiff may only use the information disclosed in response to a Rule 45

20 subpoena served on the ISP for the purpose of protecting and enforcing Plaintiff’s rights as set

21 forth in its Complaint.

• IT IS SO ORDERED.

26 Dated: March 17, 2016

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