Lee v. 21st Century Media Newspaper, LLC et al
Plaintiff: Jackson Lee
Defendant: 21st Century Media Newspaper, LLC and ORB Publishing, LLC
Case Number: 1:2025cv01817
Filed: June 11, 2025
Court: U.S. District Court for the District of Colorado
Presiding Judge: William J Martinez
Nature of Suit: Copyright
Cause of Action: 17 U.S.C. § 501 Copyright Infringement
Jury Demanded By: Plaintiff
Docket Report

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Date Filed Document Text
December 5, 2025 Filing 19 Interdistrict Transmittal of Documents via e-mail to The Southern District of New York Original file, certified copy of transfer order, and docket sheet sent. Text Only Entry. (Resend) (jrobe, )
October 16, 2025 Filing 18 Interdistrict Transmittal of Documents via e-mail to the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York at [email protected]. Text Only Entry. (jrobe, )
October 16, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 17 ORDER GRANTING CONSENT MOTION TO TRANSFER VENUE TO SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF NEW YORK SO ORDERED by Judge William J. Martinez on 10/16/2025.(jrobe, )
October 15, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 16 MINUTE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Timothy P. O'Hara on 10/15/2025. In light of Defendants' Consent Motion to Transfer Venue to the Southern District of New York [ECF #15 ], the Court directs the Clerk of Court to reassign this matter to a District Judge because the Parties have not expressed consent to Magistrate Judge Jurisdiction. See D.C.COLO.LCivR 40.1(c)(3)(b). (Case randomly reassigned to Judge William J. Martinez and drawn to Magistrate Judge Timothy P. O'Hara for all further proceedings. All future pleadings shall be designated to 25-cv-01817-WJM). (ggill, )
October 15, 2025 Filing 15 Unopposed MOTION to Transfer Case to the Southern District of New York by Defendants 21st Century Media Newspaper, LLC, ORB Publishing, LLC. (Attachments: #1 Declaration of Peter Perkowski, #2 Proposed Order (PDF Only))(Perkowski, Peter)
October 14, 2025 Filing 14 FIRST AMENDED COMPLAINT against 21st Century Media Newspaper, LLC, ORB Publishing, LLC, filed by Jackson Lee. (ggill, )
October 14, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 13 MINUTE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Timothy P. O'Hara on 10/14/2025. This matter is before the Court upon Plaintiff's Stipulation under Fed. R. Civ. P. 15(a)(2) requesting the Court's leave to amend the complaint. ECF #12 . The First Amended Complaint [ECF 12-1] is accepted as filed. The Clerk of Court is directed to (1) docket the Amended Complaint at ECF 12-1 as a separate entry, and (2) update the case caption to terminate MediaNews Group, Inc. as a Defendant and to reflect the newly named Defendants. (ggill, )
October 13, 2025 Filing 12 STIPULATION under FRCP 15(a)(2) - Proposed Amended Complaint by Plaintiff Jackson Lee. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Proposed Amended Complaint)(Freeman, James)
July 29, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 11 MINUTE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Timothy P. O'Hara on 7/29/2025. The above captioned case has been directly assigned to Magistrate Judge O'Hara pursuant to D.C.COLO.LCivR 40.1. The Parties shall complete and file the Magistrate Judge Consent Form [ECF 5-1] on or before November 5, 2025. The Court will hold the Fed. R. Civ. P. 16(b) Scheduling Conference on November 19, 2025, at 9:30 a.m. MST in Courtroom C-402, on the fourth floor of the Byron G. Rogers United States Courthouse located at 1929 Stout Street, Denver, Colorado. Although the Court generally prefers in-person appearances, remote appearances will be permitted because Counsels for both Parties are not local to the Denver Metropolitan area. Counsel wishing to appear remotely shall refer to the video conference instructions attached to this minute order. No later than seven days before the Scheduling Conference, the Parties shall (1) file their Proposed Scheduling Order onto the case docket sheet and (2) jointly email a Word copy of the proposed Scheduling Order, copying all Parties, to Chambers at #o'[email protected]. (ggill, )
July 8, 2025 Opinion or Order Filing 10 MINUTE ORDER by Magistrate Judge Timothy P. O'Hara on 07/08/2025. Defendants Consent Motion for 30-day Extension of Time for Defendant to Respond to the Complaint [ECF #9 ] is granted. Defendant shall file an Answer or otherwise respond on or before August 7, 2025.(ggill, )
July 7, 2025 Filing 9 Unopposed MOTION for Extension of Time to File Answer or Otherwise Respond re #1 Complaint, by Defendant MediaNews Group, Inc.. (Attachments: #1 Declaration of Peter Perkowski, #2 Proposed Order (PDF Only))(Perkowski, Peter)
July 7, 2025 Filing 8 NOTICE of Entry of Appearance by Peter E. Perkowski on behalf of MediaNews Group, Inc. Attorney Peter E. Perkowski added to party MediaNews Group, Inc. (pty:dft) (Perkowski, Peter)
June 18, 2025 Filing 7 SUMMONS Returned Executed by Jackson Lee. MediaNews Group, Inc. served on 6/17/2025, answer due 7/8/2025. (Sanders, Craig)
June 17, 2025 Filing 6 NOTICE of Entry of Appearance by James Harris Freeman on behalf of Jackson Lee Attorney James Harris Freeman added to party Jackson Lee (pty:pla) (Freeman, James)
June 11, 2025 Filing 5 SUMMONS issued by Clerk. (Attachments: #1 Magistrate Judge Consent Form) (efoga, )
June 11, 2025 Filing 4 Case assigned to Magistrate Judge Timothy P O'Hara. Text Only Entry (efoga, )
June 11, 2025 Filing 3 Report re Copyright: Report on the filing of an action emailed separately to the Director of the Copyright Office. (efoga, )
June 11, 2025 Filing 2 NOTICE by Plaintiff Jackson Lee (Sanders, Craig)
June 11, 2025 Filing 1 COMPLAINT against MediaNews Group, Inc. (Filing fee $ 405,Receipt Number ACODC-10385598)Attorney Craig Benjamin Sanders added to party Jackson Lee (pty:pla), filed by Jackson Lee. (Attachments: #1 Exhibit Original Photographs, #2 Exhibit Infringing Uses of the Photographs, #3 Civil Cover Sheet, #4 Summons)(Sanders, Craig)

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Plaintiff: Jackson Lee
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Represented By: James Harris Freeman
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