De Alba v. Velocity Investments, LLC

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ROCIO DE ALBA, Case No.: 21-cv-547-AJB-MMP

12 Plaintiff, ORDER: 13 v. (1) DENYING VELOCITY

INVESTMENTS, LLC’S MOTION

VELOCITY INVESTMENTS, LLC. and FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT; and

MANDARICH LAW FIRM, LLP,

16 (2) GRANTING IN PART AND Defendants. DENYING IN PART PLAINTIFF’S

MOTION FOR PARTIAL SUMMARY

JUDGMENT

19 (Doc. Nos. 53, 57) 20 21

Before the Court are two motions—a motion for summary judgment filed by Velocity Investments, LLC (“Velocity”) and a motion for partial summary judgment filed by Rocio De Alba (“Plaintiff”). (Doc. Nos. 53, 57.) The motions are fully briefed. (Doc. Nos. 58, 59.) For the reasons set forth below, the Court DENIES Velocity’s motion and GRANTS IN PART and DENIES IN PART Plaintiff’s motion. I. BACKGROUND This action arises from an attempt to collect a debt on a loan Plaintiff obtained and defaulted on, and which Velocity later purchased. Velocity referred Plaintiff’s matter to…