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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 STANLEY D. JUSTICE, No. 2:18-CV-3107-TLN-DMC Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS FIDELIS RECOVERY MANAGEMENT,

LLC,

15 Defendant.

17 Plaintiff, who is proceeding with retained counsel, brings this civil action for violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, and California’s Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. See ECF No. 1. Pending before the Court is plaintiff’s unopposed motion for default judgment. See ECF No. 9. 22 I. PLAINTIFF’S ALLEGATIONS This action proceeds on plaintiff’s original complaint. See ECF No. 1. Plaintiff alleges that defendant “is a debt collector engages in the business of collecting or attempting to collect, directly or indirectly, defaulted debts owed or due or asserted to be owed or due to others.” Id. at 2. According to plaintiff, he began receiving calls from defendant in August 2018 in an attempt…