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2025-05-20 |
COMPLAINT filed by Mark Sanders; Filing fee $ 405, receipt number AILNDC-23512720. |
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Exhibit Exhibit 1 |
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2
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2025-05-20 |
SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff Mark Sanders Schedule A to Complaint |
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3
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2025-05-20 |
CIVIL Cover Sheet |
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4
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2025-05-20 |
ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Mark Sanders by David Lee Gulbransen, Jr |
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2025-05-20 |
MOTION by Plaintiff Mark Sanders to seal document sealed document[2] |
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CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable Georgia N Alexakis. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Heather K. McShain. Case assignment: Random assignment. (Civil Category 3). |
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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. |
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2025-05-21 |
MAILED Copyright report to Registrar, Washington DC. |
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2025-05-22 |
MINUTE entry before the Honorable Georgia N Alexakis: The Court grants in part and denies in part plaintiff's motion to seal 5. The Schedule A at 2 may remain under seal. The complaint 1 and accompanying exhibit [1-1] must remain public documents. Plaintiff has not rebutted the presumption that its complaint, including its identity and the intellectual property right it is asserting, should be filed publicly. Plaintiff has not identified any statute, rule, or privilege that justifies confidentiality. See In re Specht, 622 F.3d 697, 701 (7th Cir. 2010) ("Documents that affect the disposition of federal litigation are presumptively open to public view, even if the litigants strongly prefer secrecy, unless a statute, rule, or privilege justifies confidentiality."); City of Greenville, Ill. v. Syngenta Crop Prot., LLC, 764 F.3d 695, 697 (7th Cir. 2014) ("[L]itigants who enjoy publicly subsidized dispute resolution should expect public oversight."). In addition, upon review of the complaint, the Court sua sponte raises the propriety of joining 70 defendants in a single action. By 6/4/25, plaintiff must file a supplemental memorandum addressing the propriety of joinder in light of this Court's orders in Bug Art Limited v. The Partnerships, 24 CV 7777, Dkt. 28 (N.D. Ill. Oct. 28, 2024), and Anagram International v. The Partnerships, 24 CV 12194, Dkt. 87 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 21, 2025). In the alternative, plaintiff has leave to file an amended complaint by 6/4/25 with a smaller subset of defendants along with a memorandum explaining why that smaller subset of defendants is properly joined. No motion for an ex parte temporary restraining order should be filed in this matter without counsel first consulting this Court's order in Wham-O Holding v. The Partnerships, 24 CV 12523, Dkt. 39 (N.D. Ill. Feb. 20, 2025). |
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2025-05-22 |
MINUTE entry before the Honorable Georgia N Alexakis: Initial status hearing is set for 7/24/25 at 9:30 a.m. in person in Courtroom 1719. By 7/17/25, the parties shall file a Joint Initial Status Report that complies with the Court's standing order, which can be found on the Court's website. If the defendant(s) have not been served by the initial status hearing date, counsel for Plaintiff must contact the Courtroom Deputy to reschedule the status hearing and the date for filing the Joint Initial Status Report. |
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2025-05-22 |
NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by Mark Sanders all defendants |
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2025-05-22 |
MINUTE entry before the Honorable Georgia N Alexakis:Pursuant to the notice of voluntary dismissal per Federal Rules of Civil Procedure Rule 41(a)(1)(A)(i),this case is dismissed without prejudice. Civil case terminated. |
