Choreographer Seeks Second Extension in his Appeal vs. Epic Games

Plaintiff-appellant Kyle Hamagami filed a “streamlined” request Friday at the 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals for a deadline extension to Jan. 27 to file his opening brief in his appeal of a lower court’s Aug. 24 dismissal of his copyright infringement complaint against Epic Games, said a text-only entry (docket 22-55890). His current deadline for the opening brief is Dec. 30. It’s Hanagami’s second deadline extension request since his appeal was docketed Sept. 27. Choreographer Hamagami alleges Epic stole his copyrighted dance moves for its Fortnite franchise (see 2211220005).