Fauley v. Royal Canin U.S.A., Inc.

MEMORANDUM OPINION AND ORDER

Elaine E. Bucklo, United States District Judge

This is a putative class action alleging that defendants violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991, 47 USC § 227 (the “TCPA”) by sending the named plaintiff and others unsolicited faxes. As was common practice at the time, plaintiff filed a “placeholder” class certification motion under Damasco v. Clearwire Corp., 662 F.3d 891, 896 (7th Cir.2011), to protect the putative class from attempts to buy off the named plaintiff and moot his claim. Before discovery began, I granted defendants’ motion to stay the…