v. Reign Digital Creatives Limited

Filing 6

ORDER RE: 1 APPLICATION FOR DISCOVERY PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C § 1782. Signed by Judge Lisa J. Cisneros on 9/24/2024. (bns, COURT STAFF) (Filed on 9/24/2024)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

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NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

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IN RE: REQUEST FOR JUDICIAL
ASSISTANCE FROM REIGN DIGITAL
CREATIVES LIMITED

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Case No. 24-mc-80241-LJC
ORDER RE: APPLICATION FOR
DISCOVERY PURSUANT TO 28 U.S.C
§ 1782

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Re: Dkt. No. 1

United States District Court
Northern District of California

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Petitioner Reign Digital Creatives Limited filed an application for an order pursuant to 28

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U.S.C. § 1782 to obtain discovery from Cloudflare, Inc. (Cloudflare) related to a lawsuit brought

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by Reign against Mathew Edmund Mayer in Thailand. ECF No. 1. Petitioner served Cloudflare

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with the application on September 24, 2024. ECF No. 5. While Petitioner has consented to the

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jurisdiction of the Magistrate Judge, the Court cannot decide the application without the consent of

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all parties. ECF No. 4; see CPC Pat. Techs. Pty Ltd. v. Apple, Inc., 34 F.4th 801, 808 (9th Cir.

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2022) (holding that section 1782 applications for discovery are dispositive within the meaning of

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28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1)). Accordingly, Petitioner shall serve this Order on Cloudflare no later than

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October 8, 2024, and file proof of service. Cloudflare shall file any response to the application no

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later than October 21, 2024. By the same deadline, Cloudflare shall file the consent or declination

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form indicating whether it consents to the jurisdiction of the Magistrate Judge in this matter. The

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form is available at http://cand.uscourts.gov/civilforms. Any party is free to withhold consent to

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proceed before a magistrate judge without adverse substantive consequences.

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If Cloudflare does not consent, the case will be randomly assigned to a District Judge of
this Court.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
Dated: September 23, 2024

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LISA J. CISNEROS
United States Magistrate Judge

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United States District Court
Northern District of California

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