Legal Opinion
Dirk Westra v. Credit Control of Pinellas
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided May 27, 2005No. 04-3139PublishedCited by 118 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
BAUER, Circuit Judge.
Plaintiff-Appellant Dirk Westra appeals from the grant of summary judgment to Defendant Credit Control of Pinellas in Westra’s suit under the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”), 15 U.S.C. §§ 1681 et seq. We affirm.
Background
Dirk Westra was the unfortunate victim of identity theft in 1999 when a former friend fraudulently opened several accounts in his name. Westra successfully disputed many of these accounts, and they were deleted from his Trans Union credit file. In August 2002, Westra received notice of an account that Credit Control was collecting on behalf of Pasco…
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