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Parties Involved:
Financial Recovery Services, Inc.
Defendant
LVNV Funding, LLC
Defendant
Tina Martinez
Plaintiff

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UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT

EASTERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA

TINA MARTINEZ,

Plaintiff,

v.

LVNV FUNDING, LLC, et al.,

Defendants.

Case No. 1:24-cv-01597-JLT-CDB

ORDER TO SHOW CAUSE WHY THIS CASE 

SHOULD NOT BE DISMISSED AS 

DUPLICATIVE OF EARLIER-FILED 

ACTION

7-DAY DEADLINE

Plaintiff Tina Martinez initiated this action with the filing of a complaint on December 

30, 2024, asserting ten causes of action against Defendants LVNV Funding, LLC, and Financial 

Recovery Services, Inc. (Doc. 1). Upon a review of the complaint, it appears that this action may 

be duplicative of an earlier-filed action in this court: Martinez v. LVNV Funding, LLC, et al., 

Case No. 1:24-cv-01228-CDB. In that action, which Plaintiff initiated with the filing of a 

complaint on October 10, 2024, Plaintiff also asserts against LVNV Funding, LLC, ten causes 

of action arising out of a set of facts that appear to be substantially similar to those alleged in the 

instant action. Each of the actions names an additional co-Defendant: in this action, Financial 

Recovery Services, Inc., and in the first-filed action, Credit Control, LLC.

Conclusion and Order

Accordingly, it is HEREBY ORDERED that, within seven (7) days of entry of this order,

Plaintiff shall show cause (1) why she is unable to amend her complaint in Case No. 1:24-cvCase 1:24-cv-01597-JLT-CDB Document 4 Filed 01/03/25 Page 1 of 2
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01228-CDB to include the additional co-Defendant named herein, as set forth in Federal Rule of 

Civil Procedure 15, and (2) why this action should not be dismissed as duplicative as the firstfiled action.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

Dated: January 3, 2025 ___________________ _

UNITED STATES MAGISTRATE JUDGE

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