Hagen v. Global Graphics Software, Inc. et al

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE DISTRICT OF NEW HAMPSHIRE
Paul Hagen
v. 	Case No. 25-cv-00546-PB-AJ
Global Graphics
Software, Inc., et al.
ORDER
1. Plaintiff’s motion for leave to amend (doc. 28) is granted. The motion to
amend was not filed after a deadline established by the court, the
motion was filed early in the case, and the delay was not marked by
“bad faith, futility, or the absence of due diligence.” Universal Trading
Invest. Co., Inc. v. Bureau for Representing Ukrainian Ints. in Itn’l &
Foreign Cts., 87 F.4th 62, 80 (1st Cir. 2023) (citation modified).
2. Plaintiff’s motion for leave to conduct jurisdictional discovery (doc. 29)
is granted. The plaintiff’s affidavit (doc. 21) demonstrates the existence
of “a non-frivolous dispute about facts that may yield a sufficient
predicate for in personam jurisdiction.” Motus, LLC v. CarData
Consultants, Inc., 23 F. 4th 115, 128 (1st Cir. 2022). Much of the
information that will affect the jurisdictional analysis is uniquely
available to the defendants, and the filing of the motion was not unduly
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delayed. Accordingly, I grant the parties 90 days from the date of this
order to conduct jurisdictional discovery.
3. Defendants’ motion to dismiss (doc. 6) is denied without prejudice.
Defendants may either refile the same motion within seven days of the
completion of jurisdictional discovery or file an amended motion and
memorandum within 14 days of the completion of discovery.
SO ORDERED.
/s/ Paul J. Barbadoro
Paul J. Barbadoro
United States District Judge
April 15, 2026
cc: 	Counsel of Record
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