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Nature of Suit Code: 480
Nature of Suit: Consumer Credit
Cause of Action: 15:1681 Fair Credit Reporting Act

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

Pro se Plaintiff Noreena Meza filed this action in Fresno County Superior Court on 

September 9, 2019 alleging violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (“FCRA”) and various 

common law causes of action against Experian Information Solutions, Inc. (“Experian”), 

Transunion Corporation (“Transunion”), and Equifax, Inc. (“Equifax”) (together, “Defendants”

and individually, “Defendant”). Doc. No. 1-3. Transunion removed the action to this Court on 

September 17, 2019, Doc. No. 1, and on October 16, 2019, Equifax filed a motion to dismiss all of 

the claims against it. Doc. No. 14. Plaintiff agreed to an October 2, 2019 stipulation granting 

Equifax a 14-day extension to respond to the Complaint, Doc. No. 8, but did not oppose 

Experian’s motion to dismiss. See Doc. Nos. 14 & 15.

On December 16, 2019, the Court entered an Order granting Equifax’s motion in its 

entirety and dismissing all of the claims against Equifax on findings that the FCRA preempted 

NOREENA MEZA,

Plaintiff,

v.

EXPERIAN INFORMATION 

SOLUTIONS, INC.; TRANSUNION 

CORP.; and EQUIFAX, INC.; 

Defendants.

CASE NO. 1:19-CV-01303-AWI-SKO

ORDER REQUIRING PLAINTIFF TO 

SHOW CAUSE: (1) WHY EQUIFAX 

SHOULD NOT BE TERMINATED AS A 

DEFENDANT; AND (2) WHY CLAIMS 

AGAINST EXPERIAN AND 

TRANSUNION SHOULD NOT BE 

DISMISSED WITHOUT LEAVE TO 

AMEND

FEBRUARY 14, 2020 DEADLINE

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Plaintiff’s common law claims and that the Complaint failed to allege facts sufficient to state a

claim for violation of the FCRA under Rule 8 of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure. Doc. No. 

18. The Order also granted Plaintiff 30 days to file an amended complaint addressing the pleading 

defects identified in the Order. Doc. No. 18 at 14:14-17. It does not appear that Plaintiff’s email 

address is registered with the Court’s electronic filing system, so notice of the Order was served 

on Plaintiff by mail on December 16, 2019. See Doc. No. 18.

39 days have passed since the Order granting Equifax’s motion to dismiss was entered and 

served. In that time, Plaintiff has not filed an amended complaint – or any other papers – with the 

Court. The Court, therefore, finds it appropriate to require Plaintiff to show cause in writing, no 

later than February 14, 2020, why leave to amend the Complaint should not be withdrawn and 

why Equifax should not be terminated as a Defendant in this action.

The Court also notes that the findings as to preemption and pleading defects on which the 

Court dismissed all claims against Equifax appear to be equally applicable to the claims against 

the other Defendants. The Court will, therefore, also require Plaintiff to show cause in writing, no 

later than February 14, 2020, why the claims against Transunion and Experian should not be 

dismissed without leave to amend at this juncture.

Plaintiff is advised that: (i) failure to timely comply with this Order as to Equifax will 

result in termination of Equifax as a Defendant in this action without further notice to Plaintiff; (ii) 

failure to timely comply with this Order as to Transunion will result in dismissal of all claims 

against Transunion with prejudice and termination of Transunion as a Defendant in this action 

without further notice to Plaintiff; and (iii) failure to timely comply with this Order as to Experian 

will result in dismissal with prejudice of all claims against Experian and termination of Experian 

as a Defendant in this action without further notice to Plaintiff. Failure to timely comply with this 

Order as to all three Defendants will result in all of the foregoing actions and closure of this case, 

without further notice to Plaintiff.

ORDER

Accordingly, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED that:

1. No later than February 14, 2020, Plaintiff shall show cause in writing why leave to amend 

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the claims against Equifax should not be withdrawn and why Equifax should not be 

terminated as a Defendant in this action;

2. No later than February 14, 2020, Plaintiff shall show cause in writing why all claims 

against Transunion should not be dismissed without leave to amend, based on findings as 

to preemption and pleading defects in the Court’s Order granting Equifax’s motion to 

dismiss; 

3. No later than February 14, 2020, Plaintiff shall show cause in writing why claims against 

Experian should not be dismissed without leave to amend, based on findings as to 

preemption and pleading defects in the Court’s Order granting Equifax’s motion to 

dismiss; 

4. Failure to timely comply with this Order in full will have the consequences set forth above, 

up to and including closure of this case, without further notice to Plaintiff. 

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 23, 2020 

 SENIOR DISTRICT JUDGE

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