Tyshawn T. Williams v. Carl R Weber

I.

INTRODUCTION

Plaintiff, Tyshawn T. Williams (“Plaintiff”) has filed a 1,675-page Fourth Amended Complaint (“4AC”) against defendants Carl R. Weber, Karen R. Thomas, Jaquavis Coleman, Ashley Coleman, Urban Books Company, and Urban Audiobooks Company (collectively “Defendants”) alleging 702 causes of action. ECF Docket No. (“Dkt.”) 30. While unclear, the action appears to arise from allegations that Defendants misappropriated a work of fiction Plaintiff wrote while incarcerated.

II.

BACKGROUND

A. COMPLAINT

On May 31, 2023, Plaintiff filed a 1,132-page Complaint against defendants Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Blackstone Audiobooks Company, Books-A-Million, Buck Fifty Productions, Cash Money Content Company, Ashley Coleman, Jaquavis Coleman, Findaway World Company, Kensington Publishing Corporation, Kindle, LSC Communications, MacMillan Audio, MacMiller Publishers, St. Martins Press, St. Martins Griffin Company, Target, Karen R. Thomas, Urban Audiobooks Company, Urban Books Company, Walmart, Carl R. Weber, and Brian Baby Williams. Dkt. 1. The Complaint had 5,447 paragraphs, asserted 587 claims for relief, and contained numerous unidentified attachments. Id. While not at…