2025-cv-08157

COMPLAINT filed by BlushCrunch Studio LLC; Filing fee $ 405, receipt number AILNDC-23763033.

Exhibit 1

Exhibit 1

Exhibit 1

SEALED EXHIBIT by Plaintiff BlushCrunch Studio LLC Schedule A regarding complaint[1]

Exhibit 2

MOTION by Plaintiff BlushCrunch Studio LLC for leave to file under Seal

Exhibit 3

CIVIL Cover Sheet

NOTIFICATION of Affiliates pursuant to Local Rule 3.2 by BlushCrunch Studio LLC

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff BlushCrunch Studio LLC by Justin R. Gaudio

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff BlushCrunch Studio LLC by Amy Crout Ziegler

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff BlushCrunch Studio LLC by Andrew Daniel Burnham

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff BlushCrunch Studio LLC by Madeline Halgren

CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable April M. Perry. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Daniel P. McLaughlin. Case assignment: Random assignment. (Civil Category 3). (Text entry; no document attached.)

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. (Text entry; no document attached.)

MINUTE entry before the Honorable April M. Perry: Plaintiff's Motion to Seal [3] is granted. 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 98 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 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 such cases. By 8/1/2025, 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 8/1/2025 with a smaller subset of defendants along with a memorandum explaining why each defendant is properly joined to all of the others. Mailed notice. (jcc,)

AMENDED complaint by BlushCrunch Studio LLC against s2vuthuha_botiques2, the Individuals and Entities Operating s2vuthuha_botiques2 and terminating The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A

EXHIBIT by Plaintiff BlushCrunch Studio LLC Amended Schedule A regarding amended complaint, [11]

MAILED copyright report to Registrar, Washington DC

Schedule A Template per [10] by BlushCrunch Studio LLC

MOTION by Plaintiff BlushCrunch Studio LLC for discovery Expedited

MOTION by Plaintiff BlushCrunch Studio LLC for Electronic Service of Process Pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 4(f)(3)

MEMORANDUM by BlushCrunch Studio LLC in support of motion for miscellaneous relief[16]

DECLARATION of Justin R. Gaudio regarding memorandum in support of motion[17]

NOTICE of Motion by Justin R. Gaudio for presentment of motion for miscellaneous relief[16], motion for discovery[15] before Honorable April M. Perry on 8/19/2025 at 10:00 AM.

MINUTE entry before the Honorable April M. Perry: Plaintiff's motions for Expedited Discovery 15 and Electronic Service of Process 16 are granted. Electronic service of process does not violate any treaty and is consistent with due process because it is an effective way to communicate with an online marketplace defendant. Expedited discovery is warranted to identify Defendant. The Court strikes the motion hearing set for 8/19/2025. Enter order. Mailed notice. (jcc,)

ORDER for Leave to Conduct Expedited Discovery and Service of Process by E-Mail and/or Electronic Publication. Signed by the Honorable April M. Perry on 8/12/2025. Mailed notice. (jcc,)