最近更新：2025-01-17
2024-cv-12796
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| 12/27/2024 | ANNUAL REMINDER: Pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 (Notification of Affiliates), any nongovernmental party, other than an individual or sole proprietorship, must file a statement identifying all its affiliates known to the party after diligent review or, if the party has identified no affiliates, then a statement reflecting that fact must be filed. An affiliate is defined as follows: any entity or individual owning, directly or indirectly (through ownership of one or more other entities), 5% or more of a party. The statement is to be electronically filed as a PDF in conjunction with entering the affiliates in CM/ECF as prompted. As a reminder to counsel, parties must supplement their statements of affiliates within thirty (30) days of any change in the information previously reported. This minute order is being issued to all counsel of record to remind counsel of their obligation to provide updated information as to additional affiliates if such updating is necessary. If counsel has any questions regarding this process, this LINK will provide additional information. Signed by the Honorable Virginia M. Kendall on 12/27/2024: Mailed notice. |
| 12/27/2024 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable April M. Perry: Plaintiff's notice of voluntary dismissal [12] is acknowledged. Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(i), this case is dismissed without prejudice. Civil case terminated. Mailed notice. (jcc,) |
| 12/26/2024 | NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by T.B. LLC |
| 12/22/2024 | EMAILED Copyright Request Letter to counsel of record. |
| 12/18/2024 | SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff T.B. LLC Amended Schedule A |
| 12/13/2024 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable April M. Perry: Plaintiff's motion for leave to file under seal and proceed under a pseudonym [5] is granted in part and denied in part. The Court finds that sealing is proper at this stage. Conversely, there are no exceptional circumstances that would justify allowing Plaintiff to conceal its own identity. As the Seventh Circuit has explained, "[w]e have repeatedly voiced our disfavor of parties proceeding anonymously, as anonymous litigation runs contrary to the rights of the public to have open judicial proceedings and to know who is using court facilities and procedures funded by public taxes. To proceed anonymously, a party must demonstrate exceptional circumstances that outweigh both the public policy in favor of identified parties and the prejudice to the opposing party that would result from anonymity." Doe v. Village of Deerfield, 819 F.3d 372, 376-77 (7th Cir. 2016); see also Doe v. Loyola Univ. Chicago, 100 F.4th 910, 913 (7th Cir. 2024). The plaintiff's motion identifies circumstances that are common to all "Schedule A" cases, meaning that the circumstances are, by definition, not exceptional. Accordingly, the plaintiff is directed to file an amended, non-anonymous complaint and to change the pseudonym used on the case caption on CM/ECF to the plaintiff's true identity by 12/30/2024. Plaintiff is also asked to file an Initial Status Report by 12/30/24 consistent with the criteria listed on Judge Perry's website at www.ilnd.uscourts.gov. Upon review of the complaint, the Court sua sponte raises the propriety under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 20(a)(2) of joining 263 defendants to this action. See, e.g, Estee Lauder Cosmetics Ltd. v. Partnerships & Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A, 334 F.R.D. 182 (N.D. Ill. 2020). When addressing joinder, Plaintiff is reminded that "[c]ourts in this district generally agree that alleging that multiple defendants have infringed on the same copyright in the same way does not create the substantial evidentiary overlap required to find a similar transaction or occurrence." See Roadget Bus. Pte. Ltd. v. Individuals, Corps, Ltd. Liab. Companies, Partnerships & Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A, No. 23 C 17036, 2024 WL 1858592, at *6 (N.D. Ill. Apr. 29, 2024) (collecting cases). By 12/30/2024, the plaintiff must file a supplemental memorandum addressing the propriety of joinder in light of the principles described above. In the alternative, plaintiff has leave to file an amended complaint by 12/30/2024 with a smaller subset of defendants along with a memorandum explaining why each defendant is properly joined to all of the others. Mailed notice. (jcc,) |
| 12/12/2024 | CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable April M. Perry. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Jeannice W. Appenteng. Case assignment: Random assignment. (Civil Category 3). |
| 12/12/2024 | SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff T.B. LLC |
| 12/12/2024 | DECLARATION of Joel B. Rothman regarding motion for miscellaneous relief[5], memorandum in support of motion[6] 附件： 1:Exhibit 11 2:Exhibit 10 3:Exhibit 9 4:Exhibit 8 5:Exhibit 6 6:Exhibit 7 7:Exhibit 4 8:Exhibit 5 9:Exhibit 3 10:Exhibit 2 11:Exhibit 1 |
| 12/12/2024 | MEMORANDUM by T.B. LLC in support of motion for miscellaneous relief 5 |
| 12/12/2024 | MOTION by Plaintiff T.B. LLC for Leave to File Certain Documents Under Seal and to Proceed Under Pseudonym Temporarily |
| 12/12/2024 | ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff T.B. LLC by Jay Campbell Miller |
| 12/12/2024 | ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff T.B. LLC by Rachel I Kaminetzky |
| 12/12/2024 | ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff T.B. LLC by Joel Benjamin Rothman |
| 12/12/2024 | COMPLAINT filed by T.B. LLC; Jury Demand. Filing fee $ 405, receipt number AILNDC-22835530. 附件： 1:Civil Cover Sheet |
