Banister v. Does

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS EASTERN DIVISION LARRY FORD BANISTER II, ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) No. 17 C 8940 v. ) ) Chief Judge Rubén Castillo JEFFREY STEWART FIRESTONE, ) et aL, ) ) Defendants. MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER In this case, Larry Ford Banister IT (“Plaintiff”) sues Jeffrey Stewart Firestone (“Firestone”), Hongmei Chen a/k/a Lily Liu (“Chen”), and Chengze Liu a/k/a Erie Liu (“Liu”) (collectively “Defendants”) asserting violations of the Copyright Act,

17 U.S.C. § 101

ef seg., and related state law claims. (R. 18, Am. Compl.) Firestone moves to dismiss on…