McClain

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 ALBRA MCCLAIN, No. 2:18-cv-01599-TLN-AC Plaintiff, v. FINDINGS AND RECOMMENDATIONS AMERICAN CREDIT RESOLUTION, INC. a Georgia corporation, 15 Defendant.

17 This matter is before the court on plaintiff’s motion for default judgment. ECF No. 23. The motion was referred to the undersigned pursuant to E.D. Cal. R. 302(c)(19). This motion was submitted without oral argument. ECF No. 24. For the reasons set forth below, the undersigned recommends that plaintiff’s motion be GRANTED in part and DENIED in part. I. Relevant Background Plaintiff, Albra McClain, brought her complaint in Sacramento County Superior Court on April 23, 2018, alleging that defendant violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the California Rosenthal Fair Debt Collections Practices Act. ECF No. 1-1 at 3. Defendant, represented at the time by the law firm Gordon Rees Scully Mansukhani, LLP, removed the case to federal…