Legal Opinion
Baye v. Midland Credit Management, Inc.
District Court, E.D. Louisiana
Decided August 9, 2017No. CIVIL ACTION NO. 17-4789Published
1Opinion of the Court
MARTIN L. C. FELDMAN, UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE
SECTION “F”
ORDER AND REASONS
Before the Court is Midland Credit Management, Inc. and Midland Funding, LLC’s Federal Rule of Civil Procedure Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss. For the following reasons, the motion is GRANTED.
Background
This lawsuit arises out of alleged violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA).
Joan Baye alleges that Midland Funding and Midland Credit Management (MCM) buy expired debts from creditors and then attempt to collect payments on these expired debts from debtors. Specifically, Baye alleges that MCM and…
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