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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

NORTHERN DISTRICT OF ILLINOIS 

EASTERN DIVISION 

ABC Corporation I et al, 

 Plaintiff,

v. 

THE PARTNERSHIPS and 

UNINCORPORATED ASSOCIATIONS 

IDENTIFIED ON SCHEDULE “A”, 

 Defendants.

CASE NO. 20-cv-04806

Judge: Honorable Thomas M. Durkin 

Magistrate Judge: Honorable Jeffrey Cole

 

STATUS REPORT OF DEFENDANTS 

Defendant Gyroor-US and Runchenyun, Urbanmax and GaodeshangUS submit this status 

report to update the Court on the progress made by Defendants. 

I. DEFENDANT GYROOR-US 

Pending Motion 

Defendant Gyroor-US has a pending motion to dismiss under Rule 20 and Rule 21, or 

alternatively sever Moving Defendant, dissolve the preliminary injunction [Dkt No. 211]. 

Per Court’s minute order on May 4, 2021 [Dkt. No. 226], Plaintiff responded Defendant Gyroor-US’ 

motion on May 20, 2021. Defendant Gyroor-US’ reply is due on June 7, 2021. 

Plaintiff’s Discovery Requests on Gyroor-US 

Plaintiff seeks discovery on Defendant Gyroor-US. As noted by this Court during the hearing 

on May 4, 2021, discovery on Gyroor-US would commence should the Court denies Defendant 

Gyroor-US’ pending motion to dismiss [Dkt. No. 211]. 

Defendant Gyroor-US respectfully seeks this Court’s guidance on this issue whether Plaintiff’s 

discovery request is premature and should be stayed until the pending motion to dismiss is decided. 

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II. DEFENDANT RUNCHENYUN

Defendant Runchenyun is a Schedule A Defendant. Despite the fact that Plaintiffs’ motion 

for electronic service was granted on September 22, 2020 [Dkt. No. 41] and Summons were issued 

as to Schedule A Defendants on September 29, 2020, eight months late, service of process has not 

been effectuated on this Defendant. 

Plaintiff’s motion for preliminary injunction was granted on November 24, 2020 [Dkt. No. 113]. 

No notice regarding the preliminary injunction hearing was given to this Defendant. 

Defendant Runchenyun intends to file a Rule 12(b) motion to dismiss based on insufficient 

service of process. Depending upon the Court’s ruling on the Rule 12(b) motion, Defendant 

Runchenyun may move to lift the preliminary injunction. 

III.DEFENDANT URBANMAX

Urbanmax was a non-party to this case until Plaintiff’s motion to amend was granted on 

May 24, 2021 [Dkt. No. 253]. 

Prior to being added as a Defendant, Urbanmax’s account and assets have been restrained for 

months pursuant to the Court’s preliminary injunction order, due to Plaintiff’s belief that Urbanmax is 

affiliated with Defendant Gyroor-US. 

No notice regarding the preliminary injunction hearing was given to Urbanmax. Urbanmax was 

not given an opportunity to contest the injunction prior to being restrained. 

Plaintiff agrees to remove restraints on Urbanmax’s assets and remove Urbanman from the 

Amended Schedule A, conditioned on Urbanmax’s submission of an affidavit [Dkt. No. 237, ¶4]. 

Urbanmax provided an affidavit [Dkt. No. 264]. 

IV. DEFENDANT GAODESHANGUS. 

GaodeshangUS was a non-party to this case until Plaintiff’s motion to amend was granted on 

May 24, 2021 [Dkt. No. 253]. 

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Prior to being added as a Defendant, GaodeshangUS’ account and assets have been restrained 

for months pursuant to the Court’s preliminary injunction order, due to Plaintiff’s belief that 

GaodeshangUS is affiliated with Defendant Gyroor-US. 

No notice regarding the preliminary injunction hearing was given to GaodeshangUS. 

GaodeshangUS was not given an opportunity to contest the injunction prior to being restrained. 

GaodeshangUS appealed the preliminary injunction order on May 24, 2021 [Dkt. No. 256]. 

Date: 05/25/2021 

 Respectfully submitted: 

/s/ He Cheng 

He Cheng 

Robin.Cheng@glacier.law 

Tao Liu 

Tao.Liu@glacier.law

Tianyu Ju 

Iris.Ju@glacier.law

Glacier Law PLLC 

200 Park Avenue, Suite1703 

New York, NY 10166 

Tel: +1 (332) 208-8882 

Fax: +1 (312) 801-4587 

Attorneys for Defendnats 

 

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CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE 

I HEREBY CERTIFY that on this May 25, 2021, I electronically filed the foregoing file with 

the Clerk of Court using the CM/ECF system, and service was perfected on all counsel of record and 

interested parties through this system, which will deliver a true and correct copy of the foregoing 

documents via CM/ECF. 

Date: 05/25/2021 

 

/s/ He Cheng 

He Cheng

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