Taylor

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 KIMBERLY TAYLOR, Case No. 2:24-cv-0346-JAM-JDP Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS AQUARION ASSET MANAGEMENT,

LLC,

15 Defendant. 16 Plaintiff Kimberly Taylor filed this action against Aquarion Asset Management, LLC, alleging violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) and the California Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“Rosenthal Act”). Defendant has neither answered the complaint nor otherwise appeared. Plaintiff now moves for default judgment. ECF No. 8. I recommend that plaintiff’s motion be granted. Background Plaintiff alleges that in mid-2023, defendant, a third-party debt collector, began calling her cell phone in an attempt to collect a debt. ECF No. 1 at 3. She alleges that defendant harassed her with repeated phone calls from then until at least January 2024, when this complaint was filed. Id. at 3-4. These calls persisted despite plaintiff’s…