Abante Rooter and Plumbing, Inc. v. First Standard Financial Company LLC

1 2 3 4 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 5 NORTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 6 7 ABANTE ROOTER AND PLUMBING, Case No. 18-cv-05003-JD

INC.,

8 Plaintiff, ORDER RE MOTION TO DISMISS 9 v. Re: Dkt. No. 43 10

FIRST STANDARD FINANCIAL

11 COMPANY LLC et al., Defendants. 12 13 14 In this putative class action, plaintiff Abante Rooter and Plumbing, Inc. (“Abante”) alleges 15 in an amended complaint that defendants First Standard Financial Company, LLC (“FS 16 Financial”) and First Standard Finance Company, LLC (“FS Finance”) violated the Telephone 17 Consumer Protection Act, 47 U.S.C. § 227 (“TCPA”), by using an automated dialer to call 18 Abante’s cell phone numbers without prior consent. Dkt. No. 40. FS Finance answered the 19 amended complaint. Dkt. No. 42. FS Financial filed a motion to dismiss. Dkt. No. 43. The 20 motion is denied, and the stay is lifted. 21 This case has not proceeded smoothly, see, e.g., Dkt. No. 39, and the FS Financial motion 22 has not improved the situation. The motion papers filed by defendants’ attorney, Francis 23 Rushford, are riddled…