Geloo v. Doe

By Judge Robert J. Smith

This matter comes before the Court on Defendants’ motion to quash a subpoena duces tecum that had been issued pursuant to Va. Code § 8.01-407.1.

Background

This defamation action arises from written comments made by several anonymous individuals on the website fairfaxunderground.com. Fairfaxunderground.com is a social networking message board where users, mostly anonymous, post comments about a broad range of topics.

On or about January 12, 2013, at 4:19 p.m., John Doe (“Defendants”) using the username “There are Other Places to Advertise,’-’ allegedly posted — in in all…