Amazon.com, Inc. v. Does

Filing 6

ORDER granting plaintiff's #3 Motion for Expedited Discovery Related to Defendants' Identity, signed by Judge Ricardo S. Martinez. (SWT)

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WASHINGTON
AT SEATTLE

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AMAZON.COM, INC., a Delaware corporation,

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Plaintiff,
v.
JOHN DOES 1–50,

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No. C18-1399 RSM
ORDER GRANTING PLAINTIFF
AMAZON.COM, INC.’S MOTION
FOR EXPEDITED DISCOVERY
RELATING TO DEFENDANTS’
IDENTITY

Defendants.

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This matter comes before the Court on Plaintiff Amazon.com, Inc.’s (“Amazon”)

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Motion for Expedited Discovery Relating to Defendants’ Identity. Dkt. #3 Having reviewed

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the complaint and the papers filed in connection with this matter, the Court finds good cause to

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grant Amazon leave to conduct expedited discovery as follows:

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Amazon is granted leave, prior to the Rule 26(f) conference, to serve Rule 45 subpoenas

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on the following companies solely for the purpose of obtaining account information that may

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help identify Defendants:

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a)

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NameCheap, Inc. (the company that registered Defendants’ domains
looksafebro.com and googlaappla.com);

b)

P.D.R. Solutions (U.S.), LLC (the company that registered Defendants’ “.top”
domains and unberllerclick.com);

ORDER GRANTING AMAZON’S MOTION FOR
EXPEDITED DISCOVERY (2:18-CV-01399) — 1
4834-3322-1746v.1 0051461-002010

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c)

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unberllerclick.com and googlaappla.com);
d)

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Google, Inc. (the company controlling the email address Defendants used to
register their “.top” domains, [e-mail]);

e)

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Cloudflare, Inc. (the company through which Defendants host looksafebro.com,

Cisco Systems, Inc. (the company Defendants used to host the subdomains
mob.unberllerclick.com and us.looksafebro.com); and

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Fluent, Inc. (the company that runs the websites where Defendants direct
victims).

Amazon is not granted leave at this time to serve additional Rule 45 subpoenas on other

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companies or individuals (e.g., banks, credit card companies, internet service providers, etc.)

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that may be discovered from the information possessed by the companies identified in the

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previous paragraph, and must seek such leave by filing a motion or motions with the Court.

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DATED this 18th day of October 2018.

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RICARDO S. MARTINEZ
CHIEF UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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[PROPOSED] ORDER GRANTING AMAZON’S MOTION
FOR EXPEDITED DISCOVERY - 3
4834-3322-1746v.1 0051461-002010

Davis Wright Tremaine LLP
L AW O F FI CE S
1201 Third Avenue, Suite 2200
Seattle, WA 98101-3045
206.622.3150 main · 206.757.7700 fax