2026-cv-01254

COMPLAINT filed by Nikolaos Georgios Deligkaris; Filing fee $ 405, receipt number AILNDC-24681701.

(Exhibit 1)

Schedule A to Complaint 1 by Nikolaos Georgios Deligkaris

CIVIL Cover Sheet

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Nikolaos Georgios Deligkaris by Keith A. Vogt

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Nikolaos Georgios Deligkaris by Yanling Jiang

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Nikolaos Georgios Deligkaris by Yi Bu

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Nikolaos Georgios Deligkaris by Monica Rita Martin

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Nikolaos Georgios Deligkaris by Christopher Romero

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Nikolaos Georgios Deligkaris by Cameron Eugene Mcintyre

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Nikolaos Georgios Deligkaris by Adam Grodman

CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable April M. Perry. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Keri L. Holleb Hotaling. 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.

MINUTE entry before the Honorable April M. Perry: It appearing that the case filed is a "Schedule A" case, Plaintiff is directed to the Court's standing order on its website directing the filing of the Court's Schedule A Template within 14 days. Upon review of the complaint, the Court sua sponte raises the propriety under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 20(a)(2) of joining 29 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 in Schedule A cases. By 2/23/2026, Plaintiff must file a supplemental memorandum addressing the propriety of joinder in light of the principles described above and describing why each of the defendants is properly joined to the 28 others. In the alternative, Plaintiff has leave to file an amended complaint by 2/23/2026 with a smaller subset of defendants along with a memorandum explaining why each defendant is properly joined to all of the others. To the extent Plaintiff intends to file a request for service via electronic means, that motion must be filed by 2/27/2026. Mailed notice. (jcc,)

Amended Schedule A to the Complaint 1 and Schedule A 2 by Nikolaos Georgios Deligkaris