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2024-cv-00588

Hwang v. The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified On Schedule A

法院:伊利诺伊州北法院
发案日期:2024-01-23
原告:Sungwon Hwang
代理律所:Keith
诉讼类型:版权
# Date Description
[+] 1 2024-01-23 COMPLAINT filed by Sungwon Hwang; Filing fee $ 405, receipt number AILNDC-21559092.
2 2024-01-23 SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff Sungwon Hwang Schedule A to Complaint 1
3 2024-01-23 [Corrected] Schedule A to Complaint 1 and Schedule A 2 by Sungwon Hwang
4 2024-01-23 CIVIL Cover Sheet
5 2024-01-23 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Sungwon Hwang by Keith A. Vogt
6 2024-01-23 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Sungwon Hwang by Yanling Jiang
7 2024-01-23 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Sungwon Hwang by Yi Bu
8 2024-01-23 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Sungwon Hwang by Adam Grodman
9 2024-01-23 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Sungwon Hwang by Cameron Eugene Mcintyre
10 2024-01-23 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Sungwon Hwang by Monica Rita Martin
[+] 11 2024-01-23 ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Sungwon Hwang by Christopher Romero
12 2024-01-24 MAILED copyright report to Registrar, Washington DC
13 2024-01-25 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Nancy L. Maldonado: The Court has reviewed Plaintiff's Complaint 1 and exhibits. Plaintiff's current Schedule A lists 52 defendants. Plaintiff shall review the opinion in Estee Lauder Cosmetics Ltd. v. The P'ships & Uninc. Ass'ns Identified on Schedule A, Case No. 19-cv-7878, 2020 WL 433870 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 27, 2020), and file a supplemental memorandum addressing the propriety of joinder of all 52 defendants by 02/08/24. By the same deadline, Plaintiff may file an amended complaint with a subset of the defendants along with a memo explaining why joinder of those defendants is proper. Plaintiff must also promptly file a motion for leave to file the relevant documents under seal. Plaintiff has filed under seal without seeking leave of court.
17 2024-02-06 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Nancy L. Maldonado: Plaintiff's motion for expedited discovery and electronic service of process 15 is granted as expedited discovery is warranted to identify the Defendant, and electronic service of process does not violate any treaty and is consistent with due process because it effectively communicates the pendency of this action to the Defendant. See, e.g., Oakley, Inc. v. P'ships & Unincorporated Ass'ns Identified in Schedule "A," No. 20-CV-05049, 2021 WL 2894166, at *5 (N.D. Ill. July 9, 2021) (finding electronic service proper in similar circumstances).
[+] 18 2024-02-06 ORDER for leave to conduct expedited discovery and service of process by e-mail and /or electronic publication. Signed by the Honorable Nancy L. Maldonado on 2/6/2024.
[+] 19 2024-02-12 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Sungwon Hwang as to The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A on 2/12/2024, answer due 3/4/2024.
20 2024-03-28 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Nancy L. Maldonado: By 04/08/24, plaintiff should file a status report updating the Court on the progress of the case.
21 2024-04-08 NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by Sungwon Hwang as to the Defendant Identified on Amended Schedule A
22 2024-04-09 MINUTE entry before the Honorable Nancy L. Maldonado: Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 41(a)(1)(A)(i), Plaintiff voluntary dismisses this case without prejudice as to the sole defendant identified on Amended Schedule A of the Complaint 14. Civil case terminated.