Overnight Blowout v. Individuals
Overnight Blowout, LLC v. Individuals, Corporations, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships, and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A
- Rearden
- 1:25-cv-01790
- U.S. District Court · Southern District of New York
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In Overnight Blowout v. Individuals, Judge Rearden extended a temporary restraining order and set deadlines for service and a preliminary-injunction hearing.
The plaintiffs, the defendants identified on Schedule A, and GoDaddy are affected. The plaintiffs received additional time to serve the defendants; GoDaddy was ordered to suspend services to the specified domain name registration; and the defendants were ordered to appear at the March 31, 2025, hearing.
What happened
In Overnight Blowout LLC v. The Individuals, Corporations, Limited Liability Companies, Partnerships, and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A, the court held a hearing about whether to issue a preliminary injunction. No defendants appeared, and the court was told that not all defendants had been served.
The court found good cause to extend its March 5 temporary restraining order, which temporarily restricts conduct before a preliminary-injunction decision. It extended that order through March 31, 2025, at 7:00 p.m., to give the plaintiffs time to serve all defendants. The court also ordered GoDaddy to suspend and stop providing services to the domain name registration for http://getdreamwave.com within three days after receiving the order.
Judge Jennifer H. Rearden ordered the plaintiffs to update the court on service by March 26 and to serve the order on the defendants by that date. The defendants must appear by telephone on March 31 at 10:00 a.m. to explain why a preliminary injunction should not issue; the order did not decide whether to issue that injunction.
The detailed version
- Overnight Blowout v. Individuals · No. 1:25-cv-01790
- Rearden
- Mar. 19, 2025
Background
On March 19, 2025, the court held a hearing asking why a preliminary injunction should not issue. No defendants appeared. The court was informed that service of process—the formal delivery of the lawsuit and court papers—had not been completed for all defendants.
Rulings and deadlines
The court found good cause to extend the temporary restraining order entered on March 5, 2025. A temporary restraining order is a short-term court order that preserves the situation while the court considers further relief. Relying on Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 65(b)(2), the court extended the order through March 31, 2025, at 7:00 p.m., to allow the plaintiffs to complete service on all defendants.
The court separately ordered GoDaddy, within three days after receiving the order, to suspend and stop providing services to the domain name registration http://getdreamwave.com.
The plaintiffs must file a letter updating the court on service by March 26, 2025. By that date, they must also serve the defendants with the order using the method authorized in the temporary restraining order and file proof of service. The defendants must appear by telephone on March 31, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., to show why a preliminary injunction should not issue.
What the order did not decide
The order extended the temporary restraining order and scheduled the next hearing. It did not decide whether to issue a preliminary injunction on the underlying dispute.
Read the full 2-page opinion on CourtListener, the free public archive maintained by the Free Law Project.