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Nature of Suit Code: 890
Nature of Suit: Other Statutory Actions
Cause of Action: 28:1331 Fed. Question

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U.S. DISTRICT COURT FOR THE 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

IN RE PORTFOLIO RECOVERY 

ASSOCIATES, LLC 

TELEPHONE CONSUMER 

PROTECTION ACT 

LITIGATION 

This Document Relates to 

STATHOPOULOS V. PORTFOLIO 

RECOVERY ASSOCIATES LLC, 

Case No.: 3:16-cv-00052 

 Case No.: 11-MD-02295-JAHBGS 

Hon. John A. Houston 

Hon. Bernard G. Skomal 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL OF 

STATHOPOULOS MEMBER 

CASE WITH PREJUDICE 

 This cause is before the Court on the Joint Motion to Dismiss with 

Prejudice, filed by Plaintiff Angela Stathopoulos and Defendant Portfolio 

Recovery Associates, LLC, regarding said parties’ stipulation to dismiss the 

member case Stathopoulos v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC, 3:16-cv-01213 

(“the Stathopoulos action”), with prejudice and with each party to bear its own 

costs and attorneys’ fees. On proof made to the satisfaction of the Court, and based 

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on the parties’ stipulation, the Court finds that the Stathopoulos action must be 

dismissed with prejudice and with each party to bear its own costs and attorneys’ 

fees. Based on the foregoing: 

IT IS ORDERED that: 

1. All claims and counterclaims that were or might have been asserted in 

the Stathopoulos action are dismissed, pursuant to Federal Rule of 

Civil Procedure 41(a)(1)(A)(ii), with prejudice and with each party to 

bear its own costs and attorneys’ fees. 

2. The Clerk of this Court shall transmit a copy of this Order to the Clerk 

of the United States Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation. See 

J.P.M.L. Rule 10.1 (“Where the transferee district court terminates an 

action by valid order, including but not limited to summary judgment, 

judgment of dismissal and judgment upon stipulation, the transferee 

district court clerk shall transmit a copy of that order to the Clerk of 

the Panel.”). The Stathopoulos action shall not be remanded to the 

transferor court, and this Court shall retain the original files and 

records, unless the transferee judge or the Panel directs otherwise. Id.

DATED: October 3, 2019 ______________________________ 

 Hon. John A. Houston 

 United States District Judge 

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