Legal Opinion
Oliva v. Blatt, Hasenmiller, Leibsker & Moore LLC
Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit
Decided July 24, 2017No. 15-2516PublishedCited by 11 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
HAMILTON, Circuit Judge.
We granted en banc review in this case to maintain the uniformity of circuit law and to follow applicable Supreme Court precedent. Under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, a debt collector who sues to collect a consumer debt must sue in the “judicial district or similar legal entity” where the debtor lives or signed the contract in question. 15 U.S.C. § 1692i. In Suesz v. Med-1 Solutions, LLC, 757 F.3d 636, 638 (7th Cir. 2014) (en banc), we decided that the “judicial district or similar legal entity” in § 1692i is the smallest geographic area that is relevant for…
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