Basham
Basham v. Midland Funding, LLC
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 10 IN RE: MIDLAND CREDIT Case No. 11-md-2286-MMA (MDD)
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12 CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT Member Case Nos. LITIGATION 15-cv-1479-MMA (MDD); 15-cv-2282-MMA (MDD)
ORDER DISMISSING
DUPLICATIVE MEMBER CASE
17 In the process of suggesting remand of pro se member Plaintiff Angela Basham’s (“Plaintiff”) claims, the Court detected an administrative discrepancy stemming from the transfer of her member case to this Court in 2015. Plaintiff filed a single civil action in the transferor court, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri: Basham v. Midland Funding, LLC, No. 4:15-cv-30-CDP (E.D. Mo.) (the “Missouri action”). However, upon transfer to this Court for consolidation within this multidistrict litigation (“MDL”), the Missouri action was assigned two distinct member case numbers resulting in the Clerk of Court opening two separate civil actions: Basham v. Midland…