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Parties Involved:
Erica Lynn Brachfeld
Defendant
Brachfeld Law Group
Defendant
Larry Dean Davis
Plaintiff
Midland Credit Management, Inc.
Defendant
Midland Funding, LLC
Defendant

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA 

LARRY DEAN DAVIS, 

Plaintiff, 

v. 

MIDLAND FUNDING, LLC, a 

Delaware limited liability 

company; MIDLAND CREDIT 

MANAGEMENT, INC., a Kansas 

corporation; THE BRACHFELD 

LAW GROUP, A PROFESSIONAL 

CORPORATION, a California 

corporation; and ERICA LYNN 

BRACHFELD, individually and 

in her official capacity, 

Defendants. 

No. CIV. S-13-2316 LKK/CKD 

ORDER 

 Plaintiff Larry Dean Davis moves to strike affirmative 

defenses in the answers filed by defendants Erica Lynn Brachfeld 

(ECF No. 16) and the Brachfeld Law Group (ECF No. 17). 

Plaintiff’s motion is currently set for hearing on March 17, 

2014. (ECF No. 22.) Defendants, represented by Erica Lynn 

Brachfeld, have not filed timely oppositions or statements of 

non-opposition, as required by Local Rule 230(c). 

 Accordingly, the court hereby orders as follows: 

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[1] Erica Lynn Brachfeld, counsel for defendants, is ORDERED 

TO SHOW CAUSE in writing why she should not be sanctioned in 

accordance with Local Rule 110, including a fine of $150.00 

and/or an order granting the motion to strike, for her 

failure to respond to the motion in a timely manner. Counsel 

for defendants shall file her written response to this Order 

To Show Cause within seven (7) calendar days of the 

docketing of this order. 

[2] The hearing on the motion to strike, currently scheduled 

for March 17, 2014, is CONTINUED to April 7, 2014 at 10:00 

a.m. in Courtroom 4. 

 

[3] Defendants are DIRECTED to file oppositions or 

statements of non-opposition to plaintiff’s motion no later 

than March 11, 2014 at 4:30 p.m. Plaintiff shall file his 

reply, if any, no later than March 18, 2014 at 4:30 p.m. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: March 4, 2014. 

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