Abante Rooter and Plumbing, Inc. v. First Standard Financial Company LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 ABANTE ROOTER AND PLUMBING, Case No. 18-cv-05003-JD
INC.,
8 Plaintiff, ORDER RE MOTION TO DISMISS 9 v. Re: Dkt. No. 43
FIRST STANDARD FINANCIAL
COMPANY LLC et al., Defendants. 12 13 In this putative class action, plaintiff Abante Rooter and Plumbing, Inc. (“Abante”) alleges in an amended complaint that defendants First Standard Financial Company, LLC (“FS Financial”) and First Standard Finance Company, LLC (“FS Finance”) violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. § 227 (“TCPA”), by using an automated dialer to call Abante’s cell phone numbers without prior consent. Dkt. No. 40. FS Finance answered the amended complaint. Dkt. No. 42. FS Financial filed a motion to dismiss. Dkt. No. 43. The motion is denied, and the stay is lifted. This case has not proceeded smoothly, see, e.g., Dkt. No. 39, and the FS Financial motion has not improved the situation. The motion papers filed by defendants’ attorney, Francis Rushford, are riddled…