Malibu Media, LLC v. John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 98.207.155.101
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ORDER EXTENDING DEADLINE TO SERVE DEFENDANT WITH SUMMONS AND COMPLAINT by Hon. William Alsup granting 18 Motion for Extension of Time to File.(whalc1, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 1/17/2016)
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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
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FOR THE NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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MALIBU MEDIA, LLC,
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For the Northern District of California
United States District Court
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No. C 15-04174 WHA
Plaintiff,
v.
JOHN DOE SUBSCRIBER ASSIGNED IP
ADDRESS 98.207.155.101,
Defendant.
ORDER EXTENDING
DEADLINE TO SERVE
DEFENDANT WITH SUMMONS
AND COMPLAINT
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Plaintiff commenced this action on September 11, 2015. Pursuant to Rule 4(m), the
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deadline to effectuate service of process was January 11, 2016. On October 18, 2015, an order
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granted plaintiff’s request to serve a third-party subpoena on defendant’s Internet provider,
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Comcast, in order to obtain defendant’s identifying information. Plaintiff received defendant’s
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identifying information from Comcast on December 17. On January 11, plaintiff sought to
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extend the deadline to effectuate service by forty-five days.
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Plaintiff had twenty-five days to serve defendant from the date it received Comcast’s
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response and offers an inadequate explanation for its failure to do so within that time period.
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Specifically, plaintiff avers, without any details, that it “conducted a thorough investigation of
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the information provided” by Comcast. Further, plaintiff notes that it must move to file under
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seal its amended complaint, proposed summons, and return of service before it can serve
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defendant, although it has not yet filed any such sealing motion or a proposed summons.
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In the Court’s judgment, four weeks following the receipt of defendant’s identifying
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information should be sufficient time to effectuate service unless defendant is dodging service.
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This order hereby extends the deadline to effectuate service to JANUARY 29, 2016. Going
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forward, plaintiff must serve the defendants in its other cases within the 120 days provided in
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Rule 4(m) (90 days for cases filed after the 2015 amendments to the Federal Rules of Civil
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Procedure took effect) or four weeks from receiving the identifying information from the
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defendant’s Internet provider.
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IT IS SO ORDERED.
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For the Northern District of California
United States District Court
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Dated: January 17, 2016.
WILLIAM ALSUP
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
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