Malibu Media, LLC v. John Doe subscriber assigned IP address 98.245.121.26

Filing 23

MINUTE ORDER denying 20 Defendants Renewed Motion for Protective Order and to Quash Subpoena or, in the Alternative, Redaction of Defendants Name, by Magistrate Judge Michael E. Hegarty on 5/8/2014.(evana, )

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLORADO
Civil Action No. 14-cv-00771-WYD-MEH
MALIBU MEDIA, LLC,
Plaintiff,
v.
JOHN DOE SUBSCRIBER ASSIGNED IP ADDRESS 98.245.121.26,
Defendant.

MINUTE ORDER
Entered by Michael E. Hegarty, United States Magistrate Judge, on May 8, 2014.
Defendant’s Renewed Motion for Protective Order and to Quash Subpoena or, in the
Alternative, Redaction of Defendant’s Name [filed May 7, 2014; docket #20] is denied for the same
reasons set forth in this Court’s recent order in Malibu Media, LLC v. Doe, No. 14-cv-00259-WYDMEH, 2014 WL 1689935 (D. Colo. Apr. 28, 2014). Furthermore, in Defendant’s original motion
to quash, Defendant sought and received from this Court Defendant’s alternative request to proceed
anonymously as “John Doe Subscriber Assigned IP Address 98.245.121.26.” See Order, docket #18.
Defendant provides no persuasive justification for quashing the challenged subpoena, and the Court
disagrees with Defendant’s conclusory statement that “only by quashing the Comcast Subpoena will
this Court’s directive that Plaintiff [sic] proceed anonymously be accomplished.” There are, and
have been, several similar cases in this District, involving the same Plaintiff, by which defendants
have successfully proceeded anonymously in the litigation without quashing the subpoena.