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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 05:0552pa Right to Privacy Act

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ORDER GRANTING JOINT MOTION FOR INJUNCTIVE RELIEF PURSUANT TO FED. R. CIV. P. 23(B)(2) 

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

 

 

Case No.: 3:13-cv-00554-LAB-KSC

CLASS ACTION 

ORDER GRANTING JOINT 

MOTION FOR INJUNCTIVE 

RELIEF PURSUANT TO FED. 

R. CIV. P. 23(b)(2) 

TIMOTHY BARRETT, 

Individually and on Behalf of All 

Others Similarly Situated, 

 Plaintiff, 

v. 

WESLEY FINANCIAL GROUP, 

LLC, 

 Defendant.

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Timothy Barrett (“Plaintiff”), on behalf of himself and the Class Members, 

and defendant Wesley Financial Group, LLC (“Defendant”) (collectively the 

“Parties”), jointly request entry of an order granting permanent injunctive relief in 

favor of Plaintiff and the Class Members in this action for alleged violation of 47 

U.S.C. § 227(b)(1)(A)(iii) of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”). 

Plaintiff alleges that Defendant, through a third party dialing company 

InfoLink Communications, called Plaintiff and the Class Members on March 1, 

2013 using an automatic telephone dialing system or prerecorded voice for 

marketing purposes without prior express consent, in violation of 47 U.S.C. § 

227(b)(1)(A). See Dkt. Nos. 66, 67 and 80. Defendant denies any and all 

wrongdoing or liability in this action, see Dkt. No. 50 and 71, and continues to deny 

any wrongdoing or liability. 

The Court has certified this action as a class action under Fed. R. Civ. P. 

23(b)(2) and Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(b)(3), with the Class Members defined as: 

All persons who, on March 1, 2013, received at least one 

call made to a number assigned to a cellular telephone 

service, from InfoLink Communications Group on behalf 

of Wesley Financial Group, LLC using an automatic 

telephone dialing system and/or an artificial or 

prerecorded voice, who were not customers of Wesley 

Financial Group, LLC, and who were not called for 

emergency purposes and had not given prior express 

consent to the call. 

Dkt. No. 66.1 

Section 227(b)(3)(A) of the TCPA expressly provides for injunctive relief 

prohibiting violations of § 227(b)(1)(A). See generally, United States v. Laerdal Mfg. 

Co., 73 F.3d 852, 855 (9th Cir. 1995) (noting that “a statutory injunction may be 

 

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damages class, which has been taken under submission. See Dkt. No. 86. 

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imposed when a violation of a statute has been or is about to be committed”). 

As of October 16, 2013, the Federal Communications Commission now 

requires “prior express written consent” for prerecorded marketing calls to cellular 

telephones. In re Matter of Rules and Regulations Implementing the Telephone 

Consumer Protection Act, 27 FCC Rcd. 1830, 1831 (Feb. 15, 2012) (emphasis 

added); see also Mogadam v. Fast Eviction Serv., 2015 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 49045, *7 

(C.D. Cal. Mar. 30, 2015).

Having considered the Parties’ joint motion for permanent injunctive relief, 

the Court hereby GRANTS the joint motion and issues the following permanent 

injunctive relief, which shall take immediate effect: 

Wesley Financial Group, LLC is prohibited from calling, 

either directly or indirectly, any cellular telephone number 

of Plaintiff or the Class Members [a redacted list of the 

Class Members’ cellular telephone numbers is attached as 

Exhibit 1 to this order] using an automatic telephone 

dialing system (47 U.S.C. § 227(a)(1)) or artificial or 

prerecorded voice without their prior express consent if 

the call is for a non-marketing purpose, or without their 

prior express written consent if the call involves a 

marketing purpose. 

The Court finds that notice of this permanent injunction need not be provided 

to the Class Members. See Zaldivar v. T-Mobile USA, Inc., 2009 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 

64091, *16 (W.D. Wash. July 10, 2009) (“Notice to class members is optional for a 

Rule 23(b)(2) class”) (citing Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(c)(2)(A)).

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

Date: February 9, 2016 _________________________________ 

 HON. LARRY ALAN BURNS 

 UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE

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