Whaley v. Portfolio Recovery Associates LLC

IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA GEORGE WHALEY, JR. : Civil No. 4:20-CV-1086 : Plaintiff, : : v. : (Magistrate Judge Carlson) : PORTFOLIO RECOVERY : ASSOCIATES, LLC., : : Defendant. : MEMORANDUM OPINION I. Statement of Facts and of the Case This case, which was removed by the defendant from a state magisterial district court in Lycoming County, Pennsylvania comes before us for consideration of two preliminary motions: a motion to remand the case to state court, filed by the plaintiff, and a motion to set aside a default judgment entered in this case…