fair-debt-collection-practices-act

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24-1326 IQ Data International, Inc. v. Ryan Six Ninth Circuit 2025-06-30 Denied Response Waived article-iii-standing cognizable-injury fair-debt-collection-practices-act injury-in-fact intrusion-upon-seclusion legal-standing Whether the receipt of a written letter constitutes an intrusion upon seclusion such that the recipient has suffered a cognizable injury in fact suffi…
24-5760 James Taylor v. McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC Eleventh Circuit 2024-10-15 Denied IFP 11th-circuit-precedent debt-collection debt-collector fair-debt-collection-practices-act legal-standing statutory-interpretation Under 15 U.S.C. § 1692a(6), does 15 U.S.C. § 1692 apply to McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC, when McCalla Raymer Leibert Pierce, LLC is attempting t…
23-7463 Maria Meeker v. Marrison Family Law, LLC Colorado 2024-05-13 Denied Response WaivedIFP 14th-amendment 5th-amendment 7th-amendment certificate-of-review civil-rights constitutional-rights due-process fair-debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act judicial-procedure legal-standing Does a court's requirement for a Certificate of Review defeat a citizen's Seventh Amendment, Fifth Amendment, and Fourteenth Amendment rights? Does a…
23A952 Paulette Barclift v. Keystone Credit Services, LLC Third Circuit 2024-04-23 Presumed Complete article-iii-standing circuit-split concreteness-test fair-debt-collection-practices-act statutory-harm transunion-standard Question not identified.
23-930 Duringer Law Group PLC, et al. v. Janey Brown, et al. Ninth Circuit 2024-02-27 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure collection-costs exxon-mobil-corp-v-saudi-basic-industries-corp fair-debt-collection-practices-act federal-jurisdiction rooker-feldman-doctrine state-court-judgment state-court-judgments subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. May debtors let stand a state-court money judgment against them, waiving the right to dispute postjudgment collection costs, and then challenge tho…
22-988 Credit Consulting Services, Inc. v. Maritza Paredes California 2023-04-11 Denied Response Waived appellate-review civil-procedure due-process equitable-tolling fair-debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act federal-law rotkiske-v-klemm statute-of-limitations supreme-court-precedent Whether the California Court of Appeal erred in holding that the California doctrine of "equitable tolling" applied so as to toll the one-year statute…
22-435 Renetrice R. Pierre v. Midland Credit Management, Inc. Seventh Circuit 2022-11-09 Denied Amici (2) article-iii-standing circuit-split emotional-distress fair-debt-collection-practices-act intangible-injuries intangible-injury psychological-harm statutory-right Whether a plaintiff who suffers emotional or psychological distress and confusion from a debt collector's unlawful attempt to collect a debt has Artic…
22-169 Jay Lin, et ux. v. Hudson City Savings Bank, et al. Third Circuit 2022-08-24 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure debt-collection due-process fair-debt-collection-practices-act fdcpa federal-court-procedure federal-rules-of-civil-procedure judicial-ethics procedural-rules recusal The case started as a falsely debt collection case in New Jersey State Courts with the New Jersey Court Judges accepted personal, private, and secreti…
20-1673 Ashley Nettles v. Midland Funding LLC, et al. Seventh Circuit 2021-06-02 Denied article-iii-standing circuit-split concrete-injury fair-debt-collection-practices-act procedural-rights separation-of-powers spokeo-v-robins 1. Whether, under Spokeo, it is sufficient for standing simply to allege a violation of the procedural rights created by the Fair Debt Collection Prac…
20-8117 Russell Arrington v. United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania Third Circuit 2021-05-25 Denied IFP N.A. is exempt from various statutory regulations bank-foreclosure constitutional-rights debt-collection fair-credit-reporting fair-credit-reporting-act fair-debt-collection-practices-act power-of-attorney promissory-note sheriff-deed statutory-exemption uniform-commercial-code warranty-deed 1. Is WELLS FARGO BANK, N.A. exempt from the Uniform Commercial Code? 2. If the Promissory Note clearly stipulates "U.S. Dollars " as the means of sa…
20-1634 Nicole Johnson-Gellineau v. Stiene & Associates, P.C., et al. Second Circuit 2021-05-24 Denied 15-usc-1692a(4) 15-usc-1692c(b) creditor creditor-definition debt-collection debt-collector fair-debt-collection-practices-act fiduciary fiduciary-duty litigation-communication statutory-interpretation 1. Whether a fiduciary that obtains a defaulted debt, and is owed the debt, may qualify as a person facilitating collection "for another" within the e…
20-1185 Douglas Edwards v. Solomon and Solomon P.C. Eleventh Circuit 2021-02-25 Denied concurrent-jurisdiction district-court eleventh-circuit fair-debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act federal-courts federal-district-courts inconsistent-decisions renewal-statute state-courts uniformity 1. Whether the Eleventh Circuit's affirmation of the District Court's refusal to apply Georgia's renewal statute was in error when that refusal nullif…
20-1133 Nicholas L. Triantos v. Deutsche Bank National Trust Company, as Trustee for Morgan Stanley ABS Capital I Inc. Trust 2004-HE4, Mortgage Pass-Through Certificates, Series 2004-HE4, et al. First Circuit 2021-02-19 Denied Response Waived due-process equal-protection fair-debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act federal-jurisdiction federal-preemption federalism mgc-93a remand separation-of-powers subject-matter-jurisdiction 1. Whether the First Circuit erred in concluding that one Count under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act was sufficient to confer Federal Jurisdic…
20-376 DNF Associates, LLC v. Jillian McAdory Ninth Circuit 2020-09-24 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure consumer-protection debt-buyer debt-collection debt-collector fair-debt-collection-practices-act henson-v-santander legal-standing passive-debt-buyer statutory-interpretation Whether a passive debt buyer—an entity that purchases defaulted debts for its own account, refers the debts to third parties that perform collection, …
20-383 PAR, Inc., et al. v. Nichole L. Richards Seventh Circuit 2020-09-24 Denied Response Waived civil-procedure enforcement-mechanism fair-debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act federal-law plain-meaning right-to-possession state-law statutory-interpretation Whether the Courts may look to state law to define "present right to possession" in 15 U.S.C. §1692f(6) of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act to e…
20-121 Marshall Spiegal v. Michael C. Kim Seventh Circuit 2020-08-05 Denied Response Waived collateral-estoppel debt-collection debt-collector-allegations debtor-conduct direct-connection fair-debt-collection-practices-act fdcpa judicial-notice statutory-interpretation transaction-nexus The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA") covers debts "arising out of" certain transactions. Does "arising out of" require a "direct" connecti…
19-6958 Renee L. McCray v. Samuel I. White, P.C., et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-12-16 Denied IFP bona-fide-error civil-procedure civil-procedure-rules debt-collection due-process fair-debt-collection-practices-act fdcpa federal-appeals federal-rules-of-civil-procedure fourth-circuit jerman-v-carlisle rehearing standing summary-judgment 1. Whether the Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit erred when it denied the Petitioner's petition for rehearing, when the United States District C…
19-734 Trina R. Patterson v. Select Portfolio Servicing, Inc., et al. Ninth Circuit 2019-12-10 Denied Response Waived 15-usc-1692a-6 circuit-court-split debt-collector fair-debt-collection-practices-act foreclosure ninth-circuit security-interest standing statutory-interpretation 1. Whether the Ninth Circuit erred in holding consistent with the opinions in Dowers v. Nationstar Mortgage, LLC, et al and Obduskey v. McCarthy and H…
19-483 Elsie Marino v. Jeffrey Nadel, dba Law Offices of Jeffrey Nadel, et al. Fourth Circuit 2019-10-11 Denied creditor debt-assignment debt-collection fair-debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act foreclosure foreclosure-action postjudgment-remedy standing statutory-interpretation trustee trustee-status In Heintz v. Jenkins, 514 U.S. 291, 296, the Court observed that an apparent objective of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et …
19-100 Crown Asset Management LLC v. Mary Barbato Third Circuit 2019-07-19 Denied Amici (2) circuit-split consumer-protection debt-buyer debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act legal-standing passive-debt-buyer standing statutory-interpretation Whether a passive debt buyer—an entity that purchases defaulted debts for its own account, refers the debts to third parties who perform collection, a…
18-1567 Alexander A. Benzemann v. Houslanger & Associates, PLLC, et al. Second Circuit 2019-06-24 Denied circuit-split civil-litigation civil-procedure consumer-protection discovery-rule fair-debt-collection-practices-act federal-procedure standing statute-of-limitations I. Whether the "discovery rule" applies to toll the one (1) year statute of limitations under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 169…
18-8408 Renee L. McCray v. John E. Driscoll, III, et al. Maryland 2019-03-14 Denied IFP civil-procedure civil-rights due-process equal-protection fair-debt-collection-practices-act foreclosure-action remand standing standing-challenge subject-matter-jurisdiction writ-of-certiorari Whether the Court of Appeals of Maryland erred when it denied the Petitioner's petition for writ of certiorari to the Court of Appeals, stating there …
18-991 Levi Huebner v. Midland Credit Management, et al. Second Circuit 2019-01-30 Denied Response Waived circuit-split consumer-protection consumer-rights fair-debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act least-sophisticated-consumer oral-dispute statutory-interpretation written-dispute 1. Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1692e(8), 1692g(a)(3), is a debt collector required to treat a consumer's oral dispute w…
18-7638 John Todd Williams v. United States Second Circuit 2019-01-29 Denied Response WaivedIFP civil-violation civil-violations consumer-protection criminal-prosecution debt-collection deceptive-tactics fair-debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act fdcpa federal-law misrepresentations Whether the courts below erroneously held that Mr. Williams and his companies could be prosecuted criminally, for acts his employees committed that ha…
18-729 Maxwell & Morgan, P.C., et al. v. Martha A. McNair Ninth Circuit 2018-12-07 Denied Relisted (2) circuit-split civil-procedure consumer consumer-protection debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act fdcpa foreclosure judicial-foreclosure security-interest statutory-interpretation Whether the FDCPA applies to foreclosure activity that does not seek payment of money from a consumer.
18-700 Tiby J. Saunders-Gomez v. Rutledge Maintenance Corporation Delaware 2018-11-28 Denied Response Waived constitutional-law contract contract-law due-process equal-protection fair-debt-collection-practices-act jurisdiction statute-of-limitations Whether it is a violation under the Constitution 5th and 14th Amendment Due Process and Equal Protection Under the Law Clauses that the Delaware Super…
18-595 James P. Tatten v. City and County of Denver, Colorado, et al. Tenth Circuit 2018-11-06 Denied civil-procedure civil-rights debt-collection due-process fair-debt-collection fair-debt-collection-practices-act foreclosure fourteenth-amendment pro-se-litigation rooker-feldman-doctrine standing subject-matter-jurisdiction Whether this Court's decision in Haines v. Kerner permits a United States Court of Appeals to create a special and unique pro se pleading standard for…
18-482 Paul Hill v. Accounts Receivable Services, LLC Eighth Circuit 2018-10-16 Denied bosch-v-commissioner circuit-split eighth-circuit fair-debt-collection-practices-act interest-statute materiality materiality-requirement pre-judgment-interest state-law statutory-interpretation supreme-court-precedent (1) Whether the Eighth Circuit may disregard this Court's instructions in Henson v. Santander Consumer USA Inc., 137 S. Ct. 1718 (2017) for constructi…
18-328 Kevin C. Rotkiske v. Paul Klemm, et al. Third Circuit 2018-09-13 Judgment Issued Amici (7)Response RequestedRelisted (3) circuit-split civil-procedure consumer-protection discovery-rule fair-debt-collection-practices-act federal-jurisdiction standing statute-of-limitations Whether the "discovery rule" applies to toll the one (1) year statute of limitations under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1692, …