2025-cv-13416

COMPLAINT filed by Julie Stiebritz ; Filing fee $ 405, receipt number AILNDC-24290505.

(Exhibit 1)

SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff Julie Stiebritz Schedule A to Complaint 1

CIVIL Cover Sheet

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Julie Stiebritz by Keith A. Vogt

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Julie Stiebritz by Yanling Jiang

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Julie Stiebritz by Yi Bu

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Julie Stiebritz by Monica Rita Martin

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Julie Stiebritz by Christopher Romero

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Julie Stiebritz by Cameron Eugene Mcintyre

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Julie Stiebritz by Adam Grodman

CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable April M. Perry. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Heather K. McShain. Case assignment: Random assignment. (Civil Category 3).

CLERK'S NOTICE: Pursuant to Local Rule 73.1(b), a United States Magistrate Judge of this court is available to conduct all proceedings in this civil action. If all parties consent to have the currently assigned United States Magistrate Judge conduct all proceedings in this case, including trial, the entry of final judgment, and all post-trial proceedings, all parties must sign their names on the attached Consent To form. This consent form is eligible for filing only if executed by all parties. The parties can also express their consent to jurisdiction by a magistrate judge in any joint filing, including the Joint Initial Status Report or proposed Case Management Order.

MAILED copyright report to Registrar, Washington DC.

MOTION by Plaintiff Julie Stiebritz for leave to file Under Seal 2

MINUTE entry before the Honorable April M. Perry: Plaintiff's Motion to Seal 12 is granted. Upon review of the complaint, the Court sua sponte raises the propriety under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 20(a)(2) of joining 67 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). 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-cv-17036, 2024 WL 1858592, at *6 (N.D. Ill. Apr. 29, 2024) (collecting cases). Plaintiff should also reference this Court's opinion in Zaful v. Schedule A Defs., 24-cv-11111, Doc. 12 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 10, 2025), where the Court expressed its views on joinder. By 11/18/2025, 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 11/18/2025 with a smaller subset of defendants along with a memorandum explaining why each defendant is properly joined to all of the others. Plaintiff is also directed to the Court's standing order on its website directing the filing of the Court's Schedule A Template within 14 days. And finally, to the extent Plaintiff intends to file a request for service via electronic means, that motion must be filed by 11/18/2025. Mailed notice. (jcc,)

Order on Motion for Exparte

Sealed Order