Motion to Quash Subpoenas. Moving Party Plaintiff Madison Alger. Responding Party Defendants/Cross-Complainants Pauline Hobbs, Adrienne Hobbs-Cronkrite, and Jeffrey D. Cronkrite.
Ruling:
Plaintiff’s Motion to Quash Subpoenas issued to third parties Facebook, Inc.; Instagram, Inc.; Twitter, Inc.; Snapchat, Inc.; and Tumblr, Inc. (“Social Media Providers”) is granted in part. (Code Civ. Proc., §§ 1987.1, 2017.010; 18 U.S.C. § 2701(a).)
The court exercises its discretion to consider this motion despite Plaintiff’s failure to submit a separate statement of disputed matters.
The federal Stored Communications Act (“SCA”) provides that, subject to specified exceptions, “whoever . . . intentionally accesses without authorization [or in excess of authority] a facility through which an electronic communication service is provided” and “thereby obtains” an “electronic communication while it is in electronic storage in such system” commits an offense punishable by a fine or imprisonment. (18 U.S.C