Opinion
23-cv-01226-JCS
03-23-2023
[REDACTED] DYER, Plaintiff, v. JOHN DOES 1-10, Defendant.
ORDER GRANTING EX PARTE APPLICATION FOR LEAVE TO SERVE THIRD-PARTY SUBPOENAS PRIOR TO A RULE 26(F) CONFERENCE
RE: DKT. NO. 5
JOSEPH C. SPERO, UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE.
THIS CAUSE came before the Court upon Plaintiff's Ex Parte Application for Leave to Serve Third-Party Subpoenas Prior to a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f) Conference (the “Application”), and the Court being duly advised does hereby: FIND, ORDER AND ADJUDGE:
1. Plaintiff's Ex Parte Application for Leave to Serve Third-Party Subpoenas Prior to a Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 26(f) Conference is hereby GRANTED.
2. Plaintiff has established that “good cause” exists for her to serve limited third-party subpoenas on Coinbase Inc. (“Coinbase”), BAM Trading Services Inc. (“Binance”), Bandwidth.com CLEC, LLC (“Bandwidth.com”), Regions Bank, JP Morgan Chase Bank, N.A., Key Bank, Wells Fargo Bank, N.A, Academy Bank, and Boeing Employees Credit Union (together, the “Banks”; and together with Coinbase, Binance, and Bandwith.com, the “Subpoena Recipients”). See, e.g., UMG Recordings, Inc. v. Doe, 08-cv-1193, 2008 WL 4104214 at *4 (N.D. Cal. Sept. 3, 2008); Strike 3 Hldgs. LLC v. Subscriber Assigned IP Address 135.180.67.148, 22-cv-2886, 2022 WL 1645941, at *2 (N.D. Cal. May 24, 2022); Jocobo v. Doe, 1:22-cv-672, 2022 WL 2079766, at *3 (E.D. Cal. June 9, 2022). The proposed discovery is narrow and, in consideration of the administration of justice, outweighs any prejudice that might be felt by the Defendants.
3. Plaintiff may serve the Subpoena Recipients with Rule 45 subpoenas commanding the Subpoena Recipients to produce the following information:
a. All documents regarding, reflecting, containing, recording, or memorializing the legal names, authorized users, beneficiaries, Internet Service Provider (“ISP”) addresses, proofs of identification (such as government-issued photo ID), two-factor identification methods, dates of birth, Social Security Numbers, telephone numbers, electronic mail addresses, residential/mailing addresses, account opening and closing documentation, and Know Your Customer (“KYC”) and Anti-Money Laundering (“AML”) information (collectively “Identifying Information”) for any accounts (“Accounts”) associated with the following information, respectively:
SUBPOENA RECIPIENT ACCOUNT(S)
JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A
Account number xxxxx6083 (routing number 21000021) Account number xxxxx9181 (routing number 122100024) Account number xxxxx3796 (routing number 122100024)
Key Bank
Account number xxxxxxxx1631(routing number 125000574)
Wells Fargo Bank N.A.
Account number xxxxxx2844 (routing number 122105278)
Academy Bank
Account number xxxxxx0528 (routing number 107001481)
Boeing Employees Credit Union
Account number xxxxxx8678 (routing number 325081403)
Regions Bank
Account number xxxxx4211 (routing number 064000017)
Coinbase
Bitcoin addresses: 3Jj66oX1QuWtRpdyiKpxMs5swbYptujNum 33zZb6GDbFreHU6jFxYx1QgNfuaxGXKECh Transaction hashes: e67adca8e5c48512c7978e1bdad038dddb92df372ebcfaf98b3c0244dd198c92 30d49d9714b7ccafa7fc6da5c0705b59702dd94131423bd688b6af0c4e84c6d1 34104d3297be166879c39fc982aead1bb76d9c109bc52c85473b9fadf0a1cc63 898069744dc36cea0feec180392a7faf69ffb04fb776a0d14ba79d6b92d5b07f
Binance
Bitcoin addresses:
3Jj66oX1QuWtRpdyiKpxMs 5 swbYptuj Num bclqpxcj kywmfscuzs33 zhentqjm8etgq5h62w3krt 1BEhFtjVtMGGXbRtP7HJ9kTekPKrwyNvAE 1HhjAxfNYB4ddRf3oJKrTEDvaeLVVHroCp 1DUPzUz5igs8FjmfYxTsbCYrsRp8GrDBa5 1DmhRwA5zW3JSL4zJuNQ9ZdaQsJegAMqfV 1LTuZ4fgr1L7LN66WD6oQjQ7UVcPcMmgh bc1q5sv77la3fngj6le49mazqkf72a97qj7r55zpdu bc1qhgecj83fv5mspjj cugx530kjpv538tchyjehcp 18pz3ubuwJL9TN1U5Bvd4uxYQ1F1D7LA2v 1FzJSrwUJBvF7SCVZRLvtjZwCmBg8RP7be 1PhZqPdx4uKqXVRYUR1enaNTQavurNux7h Transaction Hashes: e67adca8e5c48512c7978e1bdad038dddb92df372ebcfaf98b3c0244dd198c92 30d49d9714b7ccafa7fc6da5c0705b59702dd94131423bd688b6af0c4e84c6d1 34104d3297be166879c39fc982aead1bb76d9c109bc52c85473b9fadf0a1cc6 898069744dc36cea0feec180392a7faf69ffb04fb776a0d14ba79d6b92d5b07f 78fcfe60c4202d4af4f434687d16896fde272efff0fcadd5570ce743f67579e3 22d9437de99aec7ca3366ee28a7ef7e54e647e0bcd6b3b77df9642cfe7c661c0 f3d249f7d099ad30f58f9a7f6aae04b16dfb50d6f8f68818c4243496faecf67a 90763c3575ee07f2a41cdbfe5e406068410506d83d9ad428cf78249086212d0f 50f8414caf7e59720634ec25f764ca879d37b38d667641ef908cd67ccb0dbf73
All Subpoena Recipients
Telephone numbers: 510-689-1529 216-202-5727
b. All Identifying Information for any other accounts or subaccounts that the Subpoena Recipients have reason to believe are, or at any time have been, associated with, linked to, or under common or coordinated control of the Accounts identified in response to paragraph (a); and
c. Documents sufficient to identify any third-party accounts (such as linked bank accounts or other sources of funding) that the Subpoena Recipients have reason to believe are, or at any time have been, associated with, linked to, or under common or coordinated control of the Accounts identified in response to paragraph (a).
4. Plaintiff may serve Rule 45 subpoenas on any of the Subpoena Recipients' corporate parents, subsidiaries, or affiliates (“Related Entities”), as may be necessary to effectuate the subpoenas and the purpose of this Order. In particular, should any of the Subpoena Recipients, in response to Plaintiff's subpoena, identify a Related Entity as being in possession of the information or documents described above, Plaintiff may also serve a Rule 45 subpoena in the same manner on the Related Entity.
5. Plaintiffs shall serve the Rule 45 subpoenas, along with a copy of this Order, in the manner set forth in Fed.R.Civ. P. 45(b).
IT IS SO ORDERED.