Another "good, but" order today from Judge Durkin, this time in Zhaoshi v. #ScheduleA
https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ilnd.435606/gov.uscourts.ilnd.435606.88.0.pdf
The good news: He saw that the two complaining defendants were improperly joined.
The bad news: It doesn't seem to occur to him that any other defendants might have also been improperly joined.
This part in particular stands out to me: "Plaintiff holds a valid patent for its Hanging Exercise Product, its claim was colorable against at least some of the parties..."
Who cares?
The claims against *these* defendants were not colorable.
And they were not, as far as I can tell, properly joined with the other claims.
If they'd been brought separately (as I strongly suspect they should have been), would the court have decided differently?
#Misjoinder should not benefit the plaintiff here.
Sarah Fackrell