Legal Opinion
Ford v. Midland Funding, LLC
District Court, E.D. Michigan
Decided September 8, 2017No. Case No. 16-12612PublishedCited by 7 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER DENYING WITHOUT PREJUDICE DEFENDANTS’ MOTIONS TO COMPEL ARBITRATION, DKTS. 25, 26, AND SETTING SUMMARY TRIAL UNDER 9 U.S.C. § 4.
TERRENCE G. BERG, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
Plaintiff—an individual and a member of a putative class—brings a claim under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), 15 U.S.C. § 1692, against Defendants (debt collectors) and their law firm.1 Plaintiff contends that Defendants sued her in state court to collect a credit card debt, but that their lawsuit was time-barred by the statute of limitations and thus illegal under the FDCPA. Defendants’ motions, ask…
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