Dallas Buyers Club, LLC v. Does 1 - 20
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ORDER Granting 3 Motion for Leave To Serve Third Party Subpoenas. Signed by Magistrate Judge Stephen L. Crocker on 7/25/2014. (voc)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
WESTERN DISTRICT OF WISCONSIN
Dallas Buyers Club, LLC,
Plaintiff,
v.
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Does 1-20,
Defendants.
THIRD
ORDER ON MOTION FOR LEAVE TO SERVE
PARTY SUBPOENAS PRIOR TO A RULE 26m CONFERENCE
TIllS CAUSE came before the Court upon Plaintiffs
Motion for Leave to Serve Third Party
Subpoenas Prior to a Rule 26(1) Conference (the "Motion"),
and the Court being duly advised in
the premises does hereby:
FIND, ORDER
AND ADJUDGE:
1. Plaintiff established that "good eause" exists for it to serve third party subpoenas on the
Internet Service Providers listed on Complaint Exhibit B (the "ISPs"). See UMG
Recording, Inc. v. Doe, 2008 WL 4104214, *4 (N.D. Cal. 2008); and Arista Records LLC
v. Does 1-19,551
2.
F. Supp. 2d 1,6-7 (D.D.C. 2008).
Plaintiff may serve each of the ISPs with a Rule 45 subpoena commanding
each ISP to
provide Plaintiff with the true name and address of the Defendant to whom the ISP
assigned an IP address as set forth on Complaint Exhibit B. Plaintiff shall attach to any
such subpoena a copy of this Order.
3.
Plaintiff may also serve a Rule 45 subpoena in the same manner as above on any service
provider that is identified in response to a subpoena as a provider of Internet services to
one of the Defendants.
4.
Each of the ISPs that qualify as a "cable operator," as defined by 47 USC.
S 522(5),
which states:
the term "cable operator" means any person or group of persons
(A) who provides cable service over a cable system and directly or through one or
more affiliates owns a significant interest in such cable system, or
(13) who otherwise controls or is responsible
the management
for, through any arrangement,
and operation of such a cable system
shall comply with 47 USc.
S 55 I(c)(2)(I3),
which states:
A cable operator may disclose such [personal identifying]
information
if the disclosure
is ... made pursuant to a court order authorizing such disclosure, if the subscriber is
notified of such order by the person to whom the order is directed.
by sending a copy of this Order to the Defendant.
5. The subpoenaed
ISPs shall not require Plaintiff to pay a fee in advance of
providing the subpoenaed
infom1ation; nor shall the subpoenaed
ISPs require Plaintiff to
pay a fcc for an IP address that is not controlled by such ISP, or for duplicate IP addresses
that resolve to the same individual, or for an IP address that does not provide the name of
a unique individual, or for the ISP's intemal costs to notify its customers.
If necessary, the
Court shall resolve any disputes between the ISPs and Plaintiff regarding the
reasonableness
of the amount proposed to be charged by the ISP after the subpoenaed
infom1ation is provided to Plaintiff.
6.
If any particular Doc Defendant has been voluntarily dismissed then any motion filed by
said Defendant objecting to the disclosure of his or her identifying information
denied as moot. Notwithstanding
moving Defendant's
identifying
is hereby
the foregoing, the applicable ISP shall withhold the
information
from pJaintiffunless
obtains a subsequent court order authorizing the disclosure.
and until Plaintiff
7. Plaintiff may only use the information disclosed in response to a Rule 45 subpoena served
on an ISP for the purpose of protecting and enforcing Plaintiff's rights as set forth in its
Complaint.
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DONE AND ORDERED
this 7..-7 day of
,2014,11
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By
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TATES DIS'fRlC~JUDGE
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