 Due to the limited time ISPs keep such logs, Pacific Century International requested that expedited discovery be permitted.In determining whether expedited discovery could be used to subpoena the identities of Does 1-101, the court considered "Columbia Insurance Company, 185 F.R.D"

Thus some limiting principals should apply to the determination of whether discovery to uncover the identity of a defendant is warranted.The following safeguards will ensure that this unusual procedure will only be employed in cases where the plaintiff has in good faith exhausted traditional avenues for identifying a civil defendant ...