MINUTE entry before the Honorable Sunil R. Harjani: Plaintiff shall file a status report by 10/3/2025 with an update on this case. Mailed notice

Second AMENDED complaint by BAS LLC against ACEPrints

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1:(Ex. 2)
2:Ex. 1

NEW PARTIES: ACEPrints added to case caption. Terminating The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified in Schedule A

ORDER Signed by the Honorable Sunil R. Harjani on 8/22/2025. Mailed notice

MINUTE entry before the Honorable Sunil R. Harjani: The Court has reviewed the plaintiff's memorandum on joinder [12]. For the reasons stated in the attached Order, the Court determines, within its discretion, that plaintiff has failed to satisfy his burden to show that joinder of 13 defendants is proper in this matter under Fed. R. Civ. P. 20(a)(2). Accordingly, the Court dismisses defendant Nos. 2-13 without prejudice. The case will proceed against defendant No. 1. If plaintiff files a new action against defendant Nos. 2-13, plaintiff shall indicate on the Civil Cover Sheet that the filed case is related to this matter. See Local Rule 40.3(b)(2). Accordingly, plaintiff's motion for temporary restraining order [11] is denied without prejudice. Plaintiff's motion for leave to file under seal [10] is granted in part as to the Schedule "A" attached to the Amended Complaint, Memorandum in Support of Joinder, Plaintiff's Motion and Brief in Support of Plaintiff's Ex Parte Request for an Emergency Temporary Restraining Order, and denied in part as to the Amended Complaint and Plaintiff's intellectual property registrations. "There is insufficient evidence. that Schedule A defendants are taking advantage of the case-tracking option to such an extent that it is materially impeding brand owners' enforcement efforts." XYZ Corp. v. P'ships & Unincorporated Ass'ns Identified on Schedule A, 2022 WL 180151, at *2 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 20, 2022). Plaintiff is granted leave to file a second amended complaint in accordance with this Order by 9/9/2025. Mailed notice

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff BAS LLC by Ying Chen

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff BAS LLC by Zareefa Burki Flener

SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff BAS LLC Memorandum In Support of Joinder

SEALED MOTION by Plaintiff BAS LLC for Entry of a Temporary Restraining Order, Including a Temporary Injunction, a Temporary Asset Restraint, Expedited Discovery, and Alternative Service

MOTION by Plaintiff BAS LLC for leave to file Renewed Motion For Leave Documents Under Seal

SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff BAS LLC Unredacted Amended Complaint

Redacted AMENDED complaint by BAS LLC against The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified in Schedule A

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1:Ex. 2
2:Ex.1
3:Schedule A

MINUTE entry before the Honorable Sunil R. Harjani: Plaintiff's motion for leave 4 is granted as to the request to file Schedule "A" attached to the Complaint and Exhibit 1 to the Complaint under seal and denied as to the request to proceed anonymously with Plaintiff's identity under seal and denied as to all other documents listed in the motion as they have not been filed. Exceptional circumstances have not been shown to proceed anonymously. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 10(a) ("The title of the complaint must name all the parties[.]"); Doe v. Village of Deerfield, 819 F.3d 372, 377 (7th Cir. 2016) ("To proceed anonymously, 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."); XYZ Corp. v. Partn. & Unincorporated Ass'ns Identified on Schedule A, 2020 WL 6681360, at *1 (N.D. Ill. Nov. 12, 2020) ("No-name litigation is the rare exception, not the Rule."). "There is insufficient evidence. that Schedule A defendants are taking advantage of the case-tracking option to such an extent that it is materially impeding brand owners' enforcement efforts." XYZ Corp. v. Partn. & Unincorporated Ass'ns Identified on Schedule A, 2022 WL 180151, at *2 (N.D. Ill. Jan. 20, 2022). Accordingly, by 7/16/2025, plaintiff shall file an amended complaint that lists plaintiff's true name. Upon review of the complaint, the Court sua sponte raises the proprietary of joinder of 15 defendants in this case. See, e.g., Estee Lauder Cosmetics Ltd. v. Schedule A, 334 F.R.D. 182 (N.D. Ill. 2020). By 7/16/2025, plaintiff shall file a supplemental memorandum addressing the propriety of joinder in light of the principles described in Estee Lauder. In the alternative, plaintiff has leave to file an amended complaint with a single defendant or a smaller subset of defendants along with its memorandum explaining specifically why each defendant is properly joined to all of the others. Estee Lauder, 334 F.R.D. at 189. Mailed notice.

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.

CASE ASSIGNED to the Honorable Sunil R. Harjani. Designated as Magistrate Judge the Honorable Albert Berry, III. Case assignment: Random assignment. (Civil Category 3).

MAILED copyright report to Registrar, Washington DC

SEALED DOCUMENT by Plaintiff BAS LLC Unredacted Complaint

MOTION by Plaintiff BAS LLC for leave to file documents under seal

ATTORNEY Appearance for Plaintiff BAS LLC by James Edward Judge

CIVIL Cover Sheet

COMPLAINT filed by BAS LLC; Jury Demand. Filing fee $ 405, receipt number AILNDC-23697814.

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1:Ex.2
2:Ex.1
3:Schedule A