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Nature of Suit Code: 480
Nature of Suit: Consumer Credit
Cause of Action: 15:1692 Fair Debt Collection Act

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ORDER DENYING MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA – SACRAMENTO DIVISION 

CATHERINE EVON, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

LAW OFFICES OF SIDNEY MICKELL; and 

SIDNEY MICKELL, ESQ.; and DOES 1 

through 100, inclusive, 

 Defendants. 

Case No. 2:09-CV-00760-JAM-KJN 

ORDER DENYING PLAINTIFF’S 

MOTION FOR CLASS CERTIFICATION 

AND MOTION TO REOPEN 

DISCOVERY 

In this action under the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 USC §1692 et. seq. 

(“FDCPA”), Plaintiff’s Motion for Class Certification was heard on this Court’s calendar on 

June 2, 2010. Sergei Lemberg, Lemberg & Associates, LLC and Lara Shapiro appeared for 

plaintiff and the proposed class. John N. Dahlberg, AnnaMary E. Gannon, and Angelito R. 

Sevilla, Dillingham Murphy, LLP, appeared for the defendants. After due consideration of the 

moving and opposing papers and having heard oral argument, the Court finds, for the reasons 

set forth on the record,1that plaintiff has not carried her burden of demonstrating that all the 

requirements of Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, Rule 23(a) have been satisfied. The Motion 

for Class Certification is therefore denied. 

Plaintiff also moves to reopen discovery for the purpose of obtaining additional 

disclosure relating to Defendants’ net worth. Under the FDCPA, 15 U.S.C. § 1692k(a)(2)(B), a 

Defendant’s net worth is used to determine the maximum statutory damages that can be 

 

1 The transcript of the June 2, 2010 proceedings herein [Docket 72] is appended hereto and incorporated herein by 

reference. 

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awarded to the class. Since the class has not been certified, there is no need for that discovery 

and plaintiff’s motion is denied as moot.

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

 

Date: June 30, 2010 /s/ John A. Mendez_________________

 Honorable John A. Mendez 

 Judge of the United States District Court 

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