Costa v. Family Dollar Stores of Virginia, Inc.

OPINION

John A. Gibney, Jr., United States District Judge

Family Dollar1 either terminated or did not hire each of the three named plaintiffs based on the results of a background check. The plaintiffs contend that Family Dollar has violated the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) by taking adverse action against job applicants before providing FCRA-required notice. The plaintiffs stake their claim on the assertion that the act of assigning an internal code to an applicant qualifies as an adverse action under the FCRA. The internal coding, however, does not amount to an adverse action against an…