Malibu Media, LLC v. JOHN DOE subscriber assigned IP address 68.40.166.187

Filing 9

ORDER Suspending Consideration of Motion and referring matter to the Magistrate Judge for Limited Purposes., ( TELEPHONIC Status Conference set for 7/9/2015 10:00 AM before District Judge Robert H. Cleland) Signed by District Judge Robert H. Cleland. (LWag)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF MICHIGAN
SOUTHERN DIVISION

MALIBU MEDIA, LLC,
Plaintiff,
v.

Case No. 15-11142

JOHN DOE subscriber assigned IP address
68.40.166.187,
Defendant.
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ORDER SUSPENDING CONSIDERATION OF MOTION AND REFERRING MATTER
TO MAGISTRATE JUDGE FOR LIMITED PURPOSES
On June 4, 2015, the court held an off the record telephonic status conference
with the parties. During the conference, the parties and the court agreed to suspend all
consideration of Defendant John Doe’s Motion to Quash and for Protective Order (Dkt.
# 6) and Plaintiff Malibu Media, LLC’s Opposition to Plaintiff’s Motion (Dkt. # 7), as well
as all deadlines associated with the motion until further order of the court.
The parties also agreed to have the matter referred to United States Magistrate
Judge David R. Grand for the limited purpose of presenting Magistrate Judge
Grand—ex parte and in camera—with sufficient financial information for Magistrate
Judge Grand to assess Defendant’s financial status and reveal, under seal to both
parties, a summary of Defendant’s financial status, while maintaining the anonymity of
Defendant’s identity. The court will refer the matter to Magistrate Judge Grand for such
limited purposes.

The court will schedule a telephonic status conference on July 9, 2015 at 10:00
am for the parties to update the court on the status of the case if the court has not
otherwise heard from the parties.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Robert H. Cleland
ROBERT H. CLELAND
UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Dated: June 5, 2015
I hereby certify that a copy of the foregoing document was mailed to counsel of record
on this date, June 5, 2015, by electronic and/or ordinary mail.
s/Lisa G. Wagner
Case Manager and Deputy Clerk
[phone]

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