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Nature of Suit Code: 480
Nature of Suit: Consumer Credit
Cause of Action: 47:0227 FCC-Unsolicited Telephone Sales

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ORDER OF DISMISSAL OF SMITH MEMBER CASE WITH PREJUDICE 1 

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IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

IN RE: PORTFOLIO RECOVERY 

ASSOCIATES, LLC, TELEPHONE 

CONSUMER PROTECTION ACT 

LITIGATION 

Case No. 3:11-MD-02295- JAH (BGS) 

Hon. John A. Houston 

Hon. Bernard G. Skomal 

THIS DOCUMENT RELATES TO: 

No. 3:17-cv-00383-JAH-BGS (Smith) 

ORDER OF DISMISSAL OF SMITH, 

MIKE MEMBER CASE WITH 

PREJUDICE 

This cause is before the Court on the Joint Motion and Stipulation of Dismissal 

with Prejudice, filed by Plaintiff Mike Smith and Defendant Portfolio Recovery 

Associates, LLC, regarding said parties’ stipulation to dismiss the member case Smith 

v. Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC, 3:17-cv-00383-JAH-BGS (“the Smith 

action”), with prejudice and with each party to bear its own costs and attorneys’ fees. 

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ORDER OF DISMISSAL OF SMITH MEMBER CASE WITH PREJUDICE 2 

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On proof made to the satisfaction of the Court, and based on the parties’ stipulation, 

the Court finds that the Smith 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: 

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

the Smith action are dismissed, pursuant to the parties’ settlement agreement and 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 Smith 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: February 28, 2020 ____________________________ 

 Hon. John A. Houston 

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