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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 

 

Pending before the court in the above-captioned case is 

plaintiff’s motion to strike affirmative defenses, originally 

scheduled to be heard on March 17, 2014. (ECF No. 22.) 

Defendants Erica Lynn Brachfeld and the Brachfeld Law Group, 

represented by Erica Lynn Brachfeld, each failed to file a timely 

opposition or statement of non-opposition to plaintiff’s motion, 

as required by Local Rule 230(c). Accordingly, this court issued 

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an order (i) continuing the hearing on the motion until April 7, 

2014; (ii) ordering counsel for plaintiffs to show cause in 

writing within seven days as to why she should not be sanctioned 

for her failure to respond to the motion in a timely manner; and 

(iii) directing defendants to file an opposition or statement of 

non-opposition to the motion by Tuesday, March 11, 2014 at 4:30 

p.m. (ECF No. 23.) 

Defendants’ counsel timely filed a declaration in response 

to the court’s order to show cause. (ECF No. 25.) The gist of her 

response is that, in connection with the liquidation of defendant 

Brachfeld Law Group, counsel transferred her email to a new 

service provider and consequently had difficulty receiving notice 

of documents filed with this court’s Electronic Case Filing 

system. 

Defendants Erica Lynn Brachfeld and the Brachfeld Law Group 

have also timely filed a statement of non-opposition to 

plaintiff’s motion to strike, therein requesting leave to amend. 

(ECF No. 26.) 

 In light of the foregoing, the court hereby orders as 

follows: 

[1] Erica Lynn Brachfeld, Esq., counsel for defendants Erica 

Lynn Brachfeld and the Brachfeld Law Group is ORDERED to pay 

sanctions in the amount of $150.00 to the Clerk of the Court 

within ten (10) days of docketing of this order. Counsel 

shall also file an affidavit indicating that said sanction 

is paid personally by counsel, out of personal funds, and 

will not be billed, directly or indirectly, to the Brachfeld 

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Law Group or in any way made the responsibility of the 

Brachfeld Law Group. 

[2] Plaintiff’s motion to strike affirmative defenses (ECF 

No. 22) is GRANTED in its entirety. 

[3] Defendants Erica Lynn Brachfeld and the Brachfeld Law 

Group are DIRECTED to file amended answers within twenty 

(20) days of docketing of this order. 

IT IS SO ORDERED. 

DATED: March 12, 2014. 

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