Helen Marie Wells v. The Partnerships and Unincorporated Associations Identified On Schedule A

MINUTE entry before the Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly: Plaintiff has filed a motion for entry of default judgment. The motion, however, does not provide any information regarding the nature, character, or extent of the claimed infringement by the defendants. Without this, it is virtually impossible for the Court to set an appropriate statutory damages award. Generally, in cases of this nature, when this situation arises the Court can look back to the motion for TRO and/or the motion for preliminary injunction, to which evidence regarding these topics is typically attached. But in this case plaintiff did not move for a TRO or a preliminary injunction. Plaintiff is directed to supplement its motion by 8/6/2025 to include information of the type sought by the Court, on a defendant-by-defendant basis. The Court will leave it to plaintiff to determine the appropriate format for this, but a spreadsheet of some sort likely would do. Going forward, the Court would prefer information along these lines to be presented along with and as part of any default judgment motion filed by plaintiff's counsel's firm in cases of this type.

MINUTE entry before the Honorable Matthew F. Kennelly: Plaintiff's ex parte motion for leave to conduct expedited discovery and electronic service of process 12 is granted. The Court notes that it has modified the proposed order to require sending copies of the items to be served as attachments to emails sent to defendants; serving an email with a link to a website does not suffice. Enter Order for Leave to Conduct Expedited Discovery and Service of Process by E-Mail and/or Electronic Publication. The Court notes that plaintiff has not yet filed a motion for entry of a temporary restraining order. Plaintiff is directed to file a status report by 6/23/2025 advising the Court of its intentions in this regard unless it has filed a motion for a TRO by that date. Mailed notice.