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In the United States District Court for the District of Columbia Case 1:01-cv-01655-RCL Document 132 Filed 10/14/14 Page 1 of 40 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA Jenny Rubin, et al. ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 01-1655-RCL v. ) ) The Islamic Republic of Iran, et al. ) ) Defendants. ) ) Susan Weinstein, et al. ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 00-2601-RCL v. ) ) The Islamic Republic of Iran, et al. ) ) Defendants. ) ) Seth Charles Ben Haim, et al. ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 02-1811-RCL v. ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 08-520-RCL ) The Islamic Republic of Iran, et al. ) ) Defendants. ) ) Case 1:01-cv-01655-RCL Document 132 Filed 10/14/14 Page 2 of 40 Ruth Calderon-Cardona, et al. ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) MISC. NO. 14-648-RCL v. ) ) Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, et ) al. ) ) Defendants. ) ) Mary Nell Wyatt, et al. ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 08-502-RCL v. ) ) Syrian Arab Republic, et al. ) ) Defendants. ) ) Shaul Stern, et al. ) ) Plaintiffs, ) ) CIVIL ACTION NO. 00-2602-RCL v. ) ) The Islamic Republic of Iran, et al. ) ) Defendants. ) ) NONPARTY ICANN’S OPPOSITION TO PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION FOR SIX-MONTH DISCOVERY PERIOD ii Case 1:01-cv-01655-RCL Document 132 Filed 10/14/14 Page 3 of 40 TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................................... 1 RELEVANT BACKGROUND ...................................................................................................... 3 ARGUMENT ................................................................................................................................ 10 I. A SIX-MONTH DISCOVERY EXTENSION IS NOT JUSTIFIED. ............................... 10 A. The Discovery Plaintiffs Seek Will Not Alter The Legal Conclusion That ccTLDs Are Not Attachable Property. ..................................................................................... 11 B. Plaintiffs Seek Discovery On Only Two Of The Six Legal Bases For Quashing The Writs Of Attachment Thereby Conceding These Issues. ........................................... 11 C. Plaintiffs Have Not Shown That Additional Discovery Will Be Fruitful. ................. 13 D. Plaintiffs Have Enjoyed Ample Opportunity For Discovery And Have Repeatedly Delayed These Attachment Proceedings. ................................................................... 16 E. Plaintiffs’ Discovery Requests Of Other Nonparties Will Spur A Flood Of Satellite Discovery Disputes That Will Take Far Longer Than Six Months To Resolve. ....... 19 II. PLAINTIFFS’ MOTION SEEKS BROAD AND SWEEPING DISCOVERY TO WHICH THEY ARE NOT ENTITLED. ....................................................................... 21 A. Plaintiffs Do Not And Cannot Justify Deposing ICANN’s Counsel. ......................... 21 B. Plaintiffs Cannot Obtain ICANN’s Private Documents Because They Are Not Related To Any Attachable Property. ......................................................................... 22 C. Plaintiffs’ Request For Discovery Regarding The Re-Delegation And Monetization Of Other ccTLDs Is Irrelevant Because It Cannot Yield Evidence Related To The Question Of Whether The .IR, .SY, and .KP ccTLDs Are Attachable Property. ....... 23 D. Much Of Plaintiffs’ Requested Discovery Is Duplicative And Unnecessary Because That Information Is Publicly Available Or Has Already Been Disclosed. ................. 26 III. TO THE EXTENT PLAINTIFFS ARE PERMITTED TO TAKE ADDITIONAL DISCOVERY, THEY SHOULD BE REQUIRED TO PAY FOR ICANN’S DISCOVERY COSTS.................................................................................................... 30 CONCLUSION ............................................................................................................................. 32 Case 1:01-cv-01655-RCL Document 132 Filed 10/14/14 Page 4 of 40 TABLE OF AUTHORITIES CASES AF Holdings, LLC v. Does 1-1058, 752 F.3d 990 (D.C. Cir. 2014)……………………………………………………….10, 30 Alpern v. Frishman, 465 A.2d 828 (D.C. 1983)……………………………………………………………….23 Ameropa Travel v. TWA (In re TWA), 1996 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 19845 (D. Del. Dec. 31, 1996)…………………………………17 Berkeley v. Home Ins. Co., 68 F.3d 1409 (D.C. Cir. 1995)…………………………………………………………...10 Burak v. Scott, 29 F. Supp. 775 (D.D.C. 1939)………………………………………………………22, 23 Caisson Corp. v. Cnty. W. Bldg. Corp., 62 F.R.D. 331 (E.D. Pa. 1974)…………………………………………………………...24 Coleman v. Dist. of Columbia, 284 F.R.D. 16 (D.D.C. 2012)…………………………………………………………….21 Cusumano v. Microsoft Corp., 162 F.3d 708 (1st Cir. 1998)…………………………………………………………….26 Davis v. G.N. Mortg. Corp., 396 F.3d 869 (7th Cir. 2005)…………………………………………………………….17 Donkeyball Movie, LLC v. Doe, 810 F. Supp. 2d 20 (D.D.C. 2011)……………………………………………………….19 Estate of Esther Klieman v. Palestinian Auth., 293 F.R.D. 235 (D.D.C. 2013)…………………………………………………………..20 Exxon Shipping Co. v. U.S. Dept. of Interior, 34 F.3d 774 (9th Cir. 1994)……………………………………………………………...30 Falicia v. Advanced Tenant Servs., Inc., 235 F.R.D. 5 (D.D.C. 2006)………………………………………………………….22, 25 Food Lion, Inc. v. United Food & Commercial Workers Union, 103 F.3d 1007 (D.C. Cir. 1997)………………………………………………………….24 ii Case 1:01-cv-01655-RCL Document 132 Filed 10/14/14 Page 5 of 40 Guantanamera Cigar Co. v. Corporacion Habanos, S.A., 263 F.R.D. 1 (D.D.C. 2009)………………………………………………………….21, 22 Hardrick v. Legal Servs. Corp., 96 F.R.D. 617 (D.D.C. 1983)…………………………………………………………….16 Hopkins v. Women’s Div., Gen. Bd. of Global Ministries, 238 F. Supp. 2d 174 (D.D.C. 2002)……………………………………………………...12 Hubbard v. Potter, 247 F.R.D. 27 (D.D.C. 2008)…………………………………………………………….15 Hunter v. Dist. of Columbia, 943 F.2d 69 (D.C. Cir. 1991)…………………………………………………………….17 Huthnance v. Dist. of Columbia, 255 F.R.D. 285 (D.D.C. 2008)……………………………………………………….10, 29 Islamic Am. Relief Agency v. Gonzales, 477 F.3d 728 (D.C. Cir. 2007)…………………………………………………………...17 Linder v. Calero-Portocarrero, 251 F.3d 178 (D.C. Cir. 2001)…………………………………………………………...30 Mama Cares Found. v. Nutriset Societe Par Actions Cimplifiee, 825 F. Supp. 2d 178 (D.D.C. 2011)……………………………………………………...16 Perfect 10, Inc. v. Amazon.com, Inc., 508 F.3d 1146 (9th Cir. 2007)…………………………………………………………….3 Strang v. U.S. Arms Control & Disarmament Agency, 864 F.2d 859 (D.C. Cir. 1989)…………………………………………………………...10 Magnaleasing, Inc. v. Staten Island Mall, 76 F.R.D. 559 (S.D.N.Y. 1977)………………………………………………………….22 Mannington Mills, Inc. v. Armstrong World Indus., 206 F.R.D. 525 (D. Del. 2002)…………………………………………………………..26 McKnight & Kennedy, LLC v. CDW Gov’t, Inc. (In re Folliard), 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 35257 (D.D.C. March 16, 2012)……………………………….31 Nelson v. Diversified Collection Servs. Inc., 961 F. Supp. 863 (D. Md. 1997)…………………………………………………10, 11, 16 iii Case 1:01-cv-01655-RCL Document 132 Filed 10/14/14 Page 6 of 40 Pain v. United Techs. Corp., 637 F.2d 775 (D.C. Cir. 1980)…………………………………………………………...20 Pfeil v. Rogers, 757 F.2d 850 (7th Cir. 1985).………………………………………………………..16, 19 Piper Aircraft Co. v. Reyno, 454 U.S. 235 (1981)……………………………………………………………………...20 Republic of Argentina v. NML Capital, Ltd., 134 S. Ct. 2250 (2014)…………………………………………………………………...23 Seattle Times Co. v. Rhinehart, 467 U.S. 20 (1984)……………………………………………………………………….17 Segar v. Holder, 277 F.R.D. 9 (D.D.C. 2011)……………………………………………………………...26 Shelton v. Am. Motors Corp., 805 F.2d 1323 (8th Cir. 1986)…………………………………………………………...21 Shpritz v. Dist. of Columbia, 393 A.2d 68, 70 (D.C. 1978)…………………………………………………….15, 20, 24 Sperry v. Am. Politics, Inc., 1988 WL 129733 (D.D.C. Nov. 17, 1988)…………………………………………..14, 24 Sterne Kessler Goldstein & Fox, PLLC v. Eastman Kodak Co., 276 F.R.D. 376 (D.D.C. 2011)…………………………………………………………...21 Stone v. INS, 514 U.S. 386 (1995)……………………………………………………………………...13 Strick Corp. v. Thai Teak Prods. Co., 493 F. Supp. 1210 (E.D. Pa. 1980)………………………………………………………23 United States v. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Mich., 2012 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 146403 (E.D. Mich. Oct. 11, 2012)…………………………….30 Watts v. SEC, 482 F.3d 501 (D.C. Cir. 2007)…………………………………………………………...20 Williams v. City of Dallas, 178 F.R.D. 103 (N.D. Tex. 1998)………………………………………………………..30 iv Case 1:01-cv-01655-RCL Document 132 Filed 10/14/14 Page 7 of 40 STATUTES & RULES 28 U.S.C. § 1783(a)……………………………………………………………………………...20 D.C. Dist. Ct. Local R. 7(b)……………………………………………………………………...12 Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(2)(C)(i)……………………………………………………………………26 Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(b)(2)(C)(ii)…………………………………………………………………...17 Fed. R. Civ. P. 26(c)……………………………………………………………………………..20 Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(c)……………………………………………………………………………..20 Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(d)(1)………………………………………………………………………….30 Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(d)(3)(A)(ii)…………………………………………………………………...20 Fed. R. Civ. P. 45(d)(3)(A)(iv)…………………………………………………………………..20 v Case 1:01-cv-01655-RCL Document 132 Filed 10/14/14 Page 8 of 40 Nonparty Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (“ICANN”) hereby opposes Plaintiffs’ Motion For Six-Month Discovery Period (“Motion”) filed in the seven actions captioned above. INTRODUCTION With their Motion, Plaintiffs once again seek more time and more discovery. (Dkt. No. 129.)1 But they have already received generous amounts of both and are entitled to no more. Indeed, implicit in Plaintiffs’ earlier successful request for a six-week extension of time to oppose ICANN’s Motion to Quash Plaintiffs’ Writs of Attachment (“Motion to Quash”) was an assurance to the Court that Plaintiffs would, in fact, stand ready to oppose the Motion to Quash by the extended deadline of September 30, 2014. Plaintiffs failed to deliver on that assurance. Just three business days before Plaintiffs’ opposition was due, Plaintiffs decided that having
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