Evasive Angles, Inc. v. Does 1-1149

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE. Order to Show Cause Hearing set for 10/21/2011 at 01:30 PM. Show Cause Response due by 9/30/2011. Signed by Judge Joseph C. Spero on August 25, 2011. (jcslc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 8/25/2011)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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EVASIVE ANGLES, INC.,

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Case No. C-10-05885 JCS

Plaintiff,
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DOES 1-1149,

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ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE RE
IMPROPER JOINDER

Defendants.
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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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In Hard Drive Productions v. Does 1-188, Case No. 11-01566 JCS, this Court concluded that

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Doe Defendants who are joined in a single action on the basis that all of them used the BitTorrent

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protocol to illegally download a protected work are improperly joined, even if all of the Doe

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Defendants participated in a single “swarm.” See Docket No.26, filed August 23, 2011. On that

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basis, the Court severed and dismissed all but the first Doe Defendant named in the action that had

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not already been dismissed at the time the Order was filed (“Doe 1”).

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IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that Plaintiff appear on October 21 at 1:30 p.m., before

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Magistrate Judge Joseph C. Spero, in Courtroom G, 15th Floor, 450 Golden Gate Avenue, San

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Francisco, California, and then and there to show cause why the Court should not sever all but Doe 1

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(Doe at IP address 108.0.51.240) from this action and dismiss without prejudice the claims against

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all of the Doe Defendants except Doe 1. Plaintiff may file a brief in response to this Order to Show

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Cause no later than September 30, 2011. The OSC hearing that was previously set for August 26,

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2011, for failure to appear at the July 22, 2011 Case Management Conference, shall also be heard on

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October 21, 2011 at 1:30 p.m.

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IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: August 25, 2011

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JOSEPH C. SPERO
United States Magistrate Judge

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For the Northern District of California

United States District Court

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