Torres
Torres v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 LARA TORRES, Case No. 1:22-cv-0035 JLT SKO Plaintiff, ORDER ADOPTING THE FINDINGS AND
RECOMMENDATION AND DISMISSING
v. ACTION WITHOUT PREJUDICE
PORTFOLIO RECOVERY (Doc. 10)
ASSOCIATES, LLC,
15 Defendant.
17 Lara Torres sought to hold Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC, liable for a violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. (See Doc. 1-2.) On February 15, 2022, Plaintiff filed request to dismiss the action without prejudice pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 41(a)(2). (Doc. 7.) Defendant filed a statement of non-opposition to Plaintiff’s request. (Doc. 9.) On February 18, 2022, the assigned magistrate judge found the requested voluntary dismissal would not result in “prejudice to some legal interest, some legal claim, [or] some legal argument.” (Doc. 10 at 2, citing quoting Westlands Water Dist. v. United States, 100 F.3d 94, 96 (9th Cir. 1996).) Therefore, the magistrate judge recommended…