Strike 3 Holdings Ohio Filings: 8 New Cases

Strike 3 Holdings Ohio filings on October 1, 2026 include eight new John Doe copyright cases in the Southern District. Two are in the Cincinnati courthouse, four are in the Columbus courthouse, and two are in the Dayton courthouse.

This Torrent Defenders® explainer is educational. It is not legal advice. Antonelli Law® defends people and businesses against copyright claims. We do not represent copyright holders. We do not invent a national 24-hour clock. A call is not a decision to go to trial. Most people who contact us want a quiet, confidential resolution. We also defend these cases in federal court when that is the better path.

If the letter is already on the table

Read the full case number and the deadline on the letter before you call anyone. An ISP letter is usually notice that the Internet provider (ISP) such as Spectrum or AT&T was ordered to identify an account. It is not a finding that you downloaded anything, and it is not the same document as a summons naming you.

The deadline on your letter is the one that matters, at least at first. It is often the date the ISP says is the last day to send them a motion to quash if you filed one in court. After that date, they can send your name and address at any time to the movie company attorney. Notices for an October 1 lawsuit filing usually arrive weeks later, not the day the case is opened.

Your ISP letter might describe the lawsuit with one of the following names: the civil action number, the docket number, or a case number. The important part is the number that looks something like 1:26-cv-01000.

What a Strike 3 Holdings lawsuit is

A Strike 3 Holdings Ohio case is usually a federal copyright complaint filed against a John Doe subscriber tied to an IP address, not against a person already named in the caption. Strike 3 Holdings, LLC is an adult-film company.

The lawsuits allege that someone in the home or business used BitTorrent software to obtain copies of their movies without paying for a license. The company then asks the court for permission to subpoena the internet provider for the account holder’s name and address.

More on the firm site: Strike 3 Holdings lawsuits explained.

Ohio-based Defense Attorney for these Strike 3 Holdings cases

Melissa Brabender Ross

Melissa Brabender Ross is a Senior Associate attorney at Antonelli Law®, where she has worked since 2012. She is a native of Ohio, and lives near Columbus. She earned her Bachelor of Business Administration in Accounting, with honors, from the Ohio State University Fisher College of Business, and her law degree with honors from DePaul University College of Law, where she was inducted into the Order of the Coif. In Ohio, she limits her practice to federal court.

In the firm’s BitTorrent practice, Melissa has personally assisted hundreds of clients with cases involving copyright holders, including Strike 3 Holdings. She handles the consultation, the reading of the letter, settlement talks when that is what the client wants, and court defense when that is the better path.

Antonelli Law has represented more than 2,500 clients in Strike 3 Holdings matters since 2017. Phone: (312) 201-8310. Email: mross@antonelli-law.com.

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Strike 3 Holdings Ohio — October 1 cases

Southern District of Ohio

Cincinnati courthouse — 2 cases

Columbus courthouse — 4 cases

Dayton courthouse — 2 cases

October 6 motions in the Southern District

On October 6, 2026, Strike 3 Holdings, LLC asked for leave to serve a third-party subpoena before a Rule 26(f) conference in all eight of these cases. The motions were filed by John Ridge. Each has a proposed order attached. None of those proposed orders is signed. A motion is not an order, and it is not a letter.

The docket header lists Timothy S. Black as presiding on these cases. On October 5, 2026, reassignment orders were entered in 1:26-cv-01001, 2:26-cv-01255, and 2:26-cv-01256. The entry says each case is related to 1:23-cv-144 and was reassigned to Judge Black. 1:26-cv-01001 and 2:26-cv-01255 also note that a referral would go to Magistrate Judge Karen L. Litkovitz.

Who signed these complaints

On the October 1, 2026 Southern District complaints the Strike 3 Holdings attorney is  John C. Ridge of Ridge Law, LLC, in Upper Arlington, Ohio.

The September 30, 2026 Northern District complaints were filed by attorney Jeremy J. Thompson of Edina, Minnesota and signed by himself as well as local counsel John C. Ridge.

October 7 and October 8 orders in the Northern District

On October 7 and October 8, 2026, judges in the Northern District of Ohio granted Strike 3 Holdings leave to serve a third-party subpoena before a Rule 26(f) conference in these six September 30 cases. Jeremy Thompson filed the motions. An order granting leave to issue the ISP Subpoena is the beginning of the process that results in your receiving a letter about the Strike 3 Holdings lawsuit.

IP address, city, ISP, and works listed for the September 30 cases are from Exhibit A on each complaint. The October 6 Southern District motions are a separate step. Those are requests. These Northern District entries are orders. The provider deadline, if a letter arrives, stays on the notices page: Strike 3 Holdings ISP subpoena orders.

Open Strike 3 Holdings cases in the Southern District of Ohio

These Strike 3 Holdings Ohio cases are the open Southern District matters in the export, including the eight filed October 1.

Cincinnati courthouse — 6 open

Columbus courthouse

Dayton courthouse — 9 open

Open Strike 3 Holdings cases in the Northern District of Ohio

These Strike 3 Holdings Ohio cases are the 32 open Northern District matters in the export. None in that download had a termination date. On the September 30 Cleveland sample, 1:26-cv-02573, Exhibit A lists Strongsville, Spectrum, and 25 works for IP address 74.131.231.201.

Cleveland courthouse — 18 open

Youngstown courthouse — 3 open

Akron courthouse — 11 open

What to do next

If your letter lists one of these Strike 3 Holdings Ohio docket numbers, or one of these IP addresses, click the Book with Melissa button below, and email the letter to Melissa or upload it with the request.

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Related reading

More Strike 3 Holdings Ohio background is in the posts below.

• Strike 3 Holdings ISP subpoena orders — deadlines depend on the court
• Strike 3 Holdings September 2026 filings
• Strike 3 Holdings New Jersey filings — mid-September 2026
• Minnesota court allows ISP subpoenas in 40 Strike 3 Holdings cases
• Strike 3 Holdings mid-August wave — ISP notices hit in September
• Should I Ignore Strike 3 Holdings?
• Settling with Strike 3 Holdings