Case 2:19-cv-09034 Document 1 Filed 10/21/19 Page 1 of 37 Page ID #:1 1 Richard S. Busch (SBN 319881) 2 E-Mail:
[email protected] KING & BALLOW 3 1999 Avenue of the Stars, Suite 1100 4 Century City, CA 90067 Telephone: (424) 253-1255 5 Facsimile: (888) 688-0482 6 Attorney for Plaintiffs 7 8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 9 CENTRAL DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 William Ryan Key, Peter Michael Case No.: ___________________ Mosely, Longineu Warren Parsons, and 11 Sean Michael Wellman-Mackin 12 PLAINTIFFS, COMPLAINT FOR COPYRIGHT INFRINGEMENT 13 vs. 14 Jarad A. Higgins p/k/a Juice WRLD, DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL 15 Danny Lee Snodgrass Jr. p/k/a Taz Taylor, Nicholas Mira, BMG Rights 16 Management (US) LLC d/b/a BMG Platinum Songs (US), Taz Taylor Complaint Filed: 17 Beats, LLC, Artist 101 Publishing Group, Nick Mira Publishing, Electric 18 Feel Music, Kobalt Music Services America, Inc., Songs of Universal, Inc., 19 Grade A Productions, LLC, and Interscope Records. 20 DEFENDANTS. 21 22 23 JURISDICTION 24 1. This Court has subject matter jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1331 25 as the action arises under the original and exclusive jurisdiction of the federal 26 27 28 1 Case 2:19-cv-09034 Document 1 Filed 10/21/19 Page 2 of 37 Page ID #:2 1 court and 28 U.S.C. § 1338(a) and the Copyright Act of 1976 (17 U.S.C § 101 et 2 seq.). 3 2. This Court has personal jurisdiction over Defendants as discussed 4 fully herein.