Rolando Serna v. Law Office of Joseph Onwuteaka, e

In the majority’s view, to “bring such action,” 15 U.S.C. § 1692i(a)(2), refers to something different from “[a]n action ... may be brought,” id. § 1692k(d). At first blush, that notion is counterintuitive; on careful examination, it is demonstrable error: Those nearly identical phrases are found in the same act and should be given the same meaning. I respectfully dissent.

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To interpret “bring such action,” we ought to begin, “[a]s in any statutory construction ease[,] ... with the statutory text, and proceed from the understanding that [ujnless otherwise defined, statutory terms are…