Legal Opinion
Hess v. Cohen & Slamowitz, LLP
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided February 23, 2011No. Docket 10-424-cvPublishedCited by 26 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
KATZMANN, Circuit Judge:
The Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) delimits the proper venues in which a debt collector may bring a legal action to collect on a consumer debt. In pertinent part, the FDCPA’s venue provisions require that such actions be brought “only in the judicial district or similar legal entity ... in which [the] consumer resides at the commencement of the action.” 15 U.S.C. § 1692i(a)(2)(B). Here, Defendant Appellee Cohen & Slamowitz LLP (“C & S”) brought a debt collection action against Plaintiff-Appellant Jonathan Hess in Syracuse City Court. Hess obtained the…
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