Minn Rejecting AF Early Discovery
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT DISTRICT OF MINNESOTA AF Holdings LLC, Civil Nos. 12-1445 (JNE/FLN) 12-1446 Plaintiff, 12-1447 12-1448 12-1449 v. ORDER John Doe Defendant. ___________________________________________________ THIS MATTER came before the undersigned United States Magistrate Judge on Plaintiff’s motion for leave to take discovery prior to the Rule 26(f) conference (ECF No. 3). It is HEREBY ORDERED that the motion is DENIED. [#3] See Hard Drive Prods., Inc. v. Does 1-90, 2012 WL 1094653 at *2-5 (N.D.Cal. Mar. 30, 2012) (denying motion for expedited discovery as to ISP subscriber information after finding, among other things, that: [1] the requested discovery was “not very likely” to reveal the identity of the alleged infringer; [2] personal jurisdiction may not exist over the alleged infringer; and [3] the pornographic copyright holder’s activities in pursuit of settlement agreements may constitute an “abuse of the judicial system”). DATED: July 3 , 2012 s/ Franklin L. Noel FRANKLIN L. NOEL United States Magistrate Judge CASE 0:12-cv-01448-JNE-FLN Document 7 Filed 07/05/12 Page 1 of 1
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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURTDISTRICT OF MINNESOTA
AF Holdings LLC, Civil Nos. 12-1445 (JNE/FLN)12-1446
Plaintiff, 12-144712-144812-1449
v. ORDER
John Doe
Defendant.___________________________________________________
THIS MATTER came before the undersigned United States Magistrate Judge on Plaintiff’s
motion for leave to take discovery prior to the Rule 26(f) conference (ECF No. 3). It is HEREBY
ORDERED that the motion is DENIED. [#3] See Hard Drive Prods., Inc. v. Does 1-90, 2012 WL
1094653 at *2-5 (N.D.Cal. Mar. 30, 2012) (denying motion for expedited discovery as to ISP
subscriber information after finding, among other things, that: [1] the requested discovery was “not
very likely” to reveal the identity of the alleged infringer; [2] personal jurisdiction may not exist
over the alleged infringer; and [3] the pornographic copyright holder’s activities in pursuit of
settlement agreements may constitute an “abuse of the judicial system”).
DATED: July 3 , 2012 s/ Franklin L. Noel FRANKLIN L. NOELUnited States Magistrate Judge
CASE 0:12-cv-01448-JNE-FLN Document 7 Filed 07/05/12 Page 1 of 1
