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Parties Involved:
John Doe Subscriber assigned IP address 98.224.96.13
Defendant
Malibu Media, LLC
Plaintiff

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

MALIBU MEDIA, LLC, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

JOHN DOE SUBSCRIBER 

ASSIGNED IP ADDRESS 

98.255.92.230, 

Defendant. 

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1:15-cv-01943-AWI-SKO

FOURTH ORDER RELATING AND 

REASSIGNING CASES

ORDER IMPOSING MONITARY 

SANCTIONS FOR PLAINTIFF’S 

THIRD FAILURE TO FILE NOTICE 

OF RELATED CASES

On July 24, 2016, Malibu Media, LLC, (“Malibu”) filed eight additional cases with the 

Fresno Division of the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California. A 

review of those newly-filed actions reveals that they are related under Eastern District Local 

Rule 123 to the above enumerated action. All eight of those actions appear to involve similar 

questions of fact and law and assignment to the same judge is likely to effect a substantial 

savings of judicial effort. See Local Rule 123(a)(3). Because the undersigned is assigned the 

lowest numbered related case, all of the below listed cases will be reassigned to the dockets of 

Senior District Judge Anthony Ishii and referred to Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto. The 

following actions will be reassigned: Malibu Media, LLC v. John Doe subscriber assigned IP 

address 50.173.4.30, case no. 1:16-cv-01059-DAD-EPG; Malibu Media, LLC v. John Doe

subscriber assigned IP address 107.218.16.31, case no. 1:16-cv-1060-LJO-BAM; Malibu 

Media, LLC v. John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 108.237.78.182, case no. 1:16-cv-1061-

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DAD-SAB; and Malibu Media, LLC v. John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 

67.187.234.122, case no. 1:16-cv-1062-LJO-EPG; Malibu Media, LLC v. John Doe subscriber 

assigned IP address 99.122.116.114, case no. 1:16-cv-1067-DAD-JLT; Malibu Media, LLC v. 

John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 107.134.110.77, case no. 1:16-cv-1068-LJO-EPG; 

Malibu Media, LLC v. John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 98.224.106.151, case no. 1:16-

cv-1069-AWI-MJS; Malibu Media, LLC v. John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 

98.224.96.13, case no. 1:16-cv-1070-DAD-SKO.

Malibu failed to file a Notice of Related Cases (or indicate in its civil cover sheet that 

related cases exist) for any of the eight cases that it filed with this Court on July 24, 2016. In 

failing to do so, Malibu has failed to comply with Local Rules for a third time. See Doc. 4 (citing 

E.D. Cal. Local Rule 123(b)); Doc. 13 at 2. At Malibu’s first failure, the Court warned that 

failure to comply with Local Rules could result in sanction. Doc. 4 (citing E.D. Cal. Local Rule 

110 (“Failure of counsel or of a party to comply with these Rules or with any order of the Court 

may be grounds for the imposition by the Court of any and all sanctions...within the inherent 

power of the Court.”) Malibu was then warned for a second time and final time that “any 

subsequent failure to file a Notice of Related Cases when filing with this Division a new case 

that requires such notice will result in monetary sanction.” Doc. 13 at 2 (emphasis original). 

Despite this clear warning, Malibu again failed to file a notice of relation. As a result of that 

failure, Malibu will be sanctioned $900.00.

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. Case numbers 1:16-cv-01059-DAD-EPG, 1:16-cv-1060-LJO-BAM, 1:16-cv-1061-DADSAB, 1:16-cv-1062-LJO-EPG, 1:16-cv-1067-DAD-JLT, 1:16-cv-1068-LJO-EPG, 1:16-

cv-1069-AWI-MJS, and 1:16-cv-1070-DAD-SKO are REASSIGNED from their 

respective dockets to the docket of Senior District Judge Anthony W. Ishii and 

REFERRED to Magistrate Judge Sheila K. Oberto;

2. The lead case number in this matter, which Malibu shall use to relate all future related 

filings, is: 1:15-cv-01943-AWI-SKO;

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3. For its violation of Local Rules and this Court’s prior orders Malibu is sanctioned in the 

amount of $900.00, which shall be paid to the Clerk of the Court within five (5) days of 

the date of this order.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: July 26, 2016 

 SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE

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