2024-cv-00588

COMPLAINT filed by Sungwon Hwang; Filing fee $ 405, receipt number AILNDC-21559092.

Exhibit 1

Exhibit 2

Exhibit 3

(Exhibit 4)

SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff Sungwon Hwang Schedule A to Complaint 1

[Corrected] Schedule A to Complaint 1 and Schedule A 2 by Sungwon Hwang

CIVIL Cover Sheet

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Sungwon Hwang by Keith A. Vogt

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Sungwon Hwang by Yanling Jiang

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Sungwon Hwang by Yi Bu

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Sungwon Hwang by Adam Grodman

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Sungwon Hwang by Cameron Eugene Mcintyre

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Sungwon Hwang by Monica Rita Martin

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff Sungwon Hwang by Christopher Romero

CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable Nancy L. Maldonado. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Gabriel A. Fuentes. 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

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.

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).

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.

SUMMONS Issued as to Defendant The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A

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.

(Declaration of Service)

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.

NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by Sungwon Hwang as to the Defendant Identified on Amended Schedule A

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.