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

[[PROPOSED] ORDER ON CROSS-MOTIONS FOR SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND PARTIAL SUMMARY 

JUDGMENT 

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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 ON CROSS-MOTIONS FOR 

SUMMARY JUDGMENT AND PARTIAL 

SUMMARY JUDGMENT 

Plaintiff having filed her First Amended Class Action Complaint (the “Complaint”) 

[Docket Entry 17] on July 17, 2009, asserting in Counts I through VII, inclusive, that the 

Defendants violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”), 15 U.S.C. §§1692c(b), 

1692e(4), 1692e, 1692e(10), 1692b(2) and 1692c(a)(3), respectively and asserting in Count 

VIII that the Defendants violated California’s Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act 

(“RFDCPA”), Cal. Civ. Code §§1788 et. seq.; and 

Plaintiff having previously withdrawn Counts VII and VIII of the Complaint; and 

The parties having filed, on May 5, 2010, cross-motions for summary judgment [Docket 

Entries 49 through 54, inclusive]; and 

Plaintiff, Catherine Evon, having thereby moved for partial summary judgment 

summary judgment [Docket Entries 52 through 54, inclusive], on liability only, with respect to 

Counts I, II, IV and V of the Complaint; and 

The Defendants, Sidney Mickell and Law Offices of Sidney Mickell, having thereby 

moved for summary judgment [Docket Entries 49 through 51, inclusive], dismissing each of 

Counts I through VI, inclusive, of the Complaint; and 

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The Defendants having opposed Plaintiff’s motion [Docket Entry 55] to which Plaintiff replied 

[Docket Entries 66 and 67]; and 

The Plaintiff having opposed Defendants’ motion [Docket Entries 58 through 62, 

inclusive], to which the Defendants replied [Docket Entries 63 and 64]; and 

The cross-motions having duly come on to be heard on June 2, 2010; and 

Sergei Lemberg, Esq., of Lemberg & Associates, LLC and Lara Shapiro, Esq. special 

counsel to Lemberg & Associates, LLC having appeared on behalf of the Plaintiff ; and 

John N. Dahlberg, Esq., AnnaMary Gannon, Esq. and Angelito Sevilla, Esq. of Dillingham 

Murphy, LLP having appeared on behalf of the Defendants; and 

The Court having read the parties’ written submissions and having heard the arguments of 

counsel and, after due consideration, having rendered its Decision [Docket Entry 71] (a) denying 

Plaintiff’s motion for summary judgment and (b) granting in part and denying in part Defendants’ 

motion for summary judgment, all for the reasons stated in the transcript of the June 2, 2010 

proceedings duly filed with the Court [Docket Entry 72] and incorporated herein by reference. 

NOW, THEREFORE, for the reasons set forth in the record [Docket Entry 72], it is 

ORDERED that Plaintiff’s Motion for Partial Summary Judgment is DENIED, in its entirety; 

and it is further 

ORDERED, that Defendants’ motion is GRANTED to the extent of dismissing Count II and 

Count IV of the Complaint. 

 

 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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