Hadeed Carpet Cleaning, Inc. v. Doe

By Judge James C. Clark

This matter comes before the Court on Hadeed Carpet Cleaning, Inc.’s motion to compel Yelp to produce identifying information about defendants, John Does, pursuant to a subpoena duces tecum served on Yelp’s registered agent in Virginia. The Court has considered the motion, objections thereto, memoranda, argument presented onNovember 14,2012, and the applicable law in reaching its decision.

Yelp objected to the subpoena and opposes Hadeed’s motion on three main grounds. First, Yelp contends that this Court does not have jurisdiction because service of a subpoena duces…