B.F. Corp. v. The Individuals, Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A
最近更新时间：2025-07-18
案件信息
案件号：ilnd-1:2025-cv-02722
状态：open
提交时间：2025-03-24 00:00:00
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原告：B.F. Corp. v. The Individuals, Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A
| # | 日期 | 案件进程 |
| 7 | 2025-03-24 | NOTICE of Voluntary Dismissal by B.F. Corp. Without Prejudice |
| 6 | 2025-03-24 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Lindsay C. Jenkins: Pursuant to the voluntary dismissal, 4 the case is dismissed without prejudice. Civil case terminated. Mailed notice. |
| 5 | 2025-03-17 | MINUTE entry before the Honorable Lindsay C. Jenkins: The Court construes the footnote on page 1 of the complaint as a motion to proceed pseudonymously. The motion is denied. There are no exceptional circumstances that would justify allowing Plaintiff to conceal its own identity. As the Seventh Circuit has explained, "[w]e have repeatedly voiced our disfavor of parties proceeding anonymously, as anonymous litigation runs contrary to the rights of the public to have open judicial proceedings and to know who is using court facilities and procedures funded by public taxes. To proceed this way, a party must demonstrate exceptional circumstances that outweigh both the public policy in favor of identified parties and the prejudice to the opposing party that would result from anonymity." Doe v. Village of Deerfield, 819 F.3d 372, 376-77 (7th Cir. 2016); see also Doe v. Loyola Univ. Chicago, 100 F.4th 910, 913 (7th Cir. 2024). The plaintiff is directed to file an amended, non-anonymous complaint and to change the pseudonym used on the case caption on CM/ECF to the plaintiff's true identity by March 21, 2025. Upon review of the complaint, the Court sua sponte raises the propriety under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 20(a)(2) of joining 90 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 may file an amended complaint by March 21, 2025 that supports the joinder of multiple defendants and it must ensure that its submissions demonstrate a likelihood of success as to each Defendant on the asserted claims. Plaintiff should also ensure that its submissions support the exercise of personal jurisdiction as to each defendant; in this regard, the mere maintenance of a website, even a fully interactive website accessible in Illinois, remains insufficient. E.g., Advanced Tactical Ordnance Sys., LLC v. Real Action Paintball, Inc., 751 F.3d 796, 803 (7th Cir. 2014) ("Having an interactive website. should not open a defendant up to personal jurisdiction in every spot on the planet where that interactive website is accessible."); Rubik's Brand, Ltd. v. Partnerships & Unincorporated Associations Identified on Schedule A, No. 20-CV-5338, 2021 WL 825668, at *3 (N.D. Ill. Mar. 4, 2021) (screenshot evidence showing that an order could be placed by an Illinoisan, "amounts to nothing more than maintaining an interactive website that is accessible in Illinois," and "that alone cannot confer personal jurisdiction."). Failure to comply by March 21, 2025 will result in dismissal of the case for want of prosecution. Mailed notice. |
| 4 | 2025-03-14 | COMPLAINT for Damages and Injunctive Relief filed by B.F. Corp.; Jury Demand. Filing fee $ 405, receipt number AILNDC-23212162. |
| 3 | 2025-03-14 | (Civil Cover Sheet) |
| 2 | 2025-03-14 | SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff B.F. Corp. Schedule "A" to the Complaint |
| 1 | 2025-03-14 | CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable Lindsay C. Jenkins. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Beth W. Jantz. Case assignment: Random assignment. (Civil Category 2). |
