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FindACase | Taylor v. Merchants Credit Adjustors, Inc.
Taylor v. Merchants Credit Adjustors, Inc.
MERCHANTS CREDIT ADJUSTORS, INC., and PANSING, HOGAN, ERNST & BACHMAN, L.L.P., Defendants.
This matter is before the court on the Findings and Recommendation of United States Magistrate Judge Susan M. Bazis, Filing No. 68, on the plaintiff's unopposed motion for preliminary approval of class action settlement and notice to class, Filing No. 65. Judge Bazis recommends that the court certify the proposed class, find the proposed settlement fair, reasonable and adequate, and preliminarily approve the proposed settlement pending a final fairness hearing.
28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1); see Fed.R.Civ.P. 72(b) (stating identical requirements). If a party files an objection to the magistrate judge's findings and recommendation, the district court must “make a de novo determination of those portions of the report or specified proposed findings or recommendations to which objection is made.” 28 U.S.C. § 636(b)(1). In the absence of an objection, the district court is not required “to give any more consideration to the magistrate's report than the court considers appropriate.” Thomas v. Arn, 474 U.S. 140, 150 (1985); Belk v. Purkett, 15 F.3d 803, 815 (8th Cir. 1994) (district court has “substantial control over the ultimate disposition of matters referred to a magistrate”).
1. The Findings and Recommendation of the United States Magistrate Judge (Filing No. 68) are adopted in full and incorporated herein by reference.
2. Plaintiff's Unopposed Motion for Preliminary Approval of Settlement and Notice to Class (Filing No. 65) is granted.
This action is brought as a class action on behalf of a class defined as: (i) all persons with addresses in Nebraska (ii) against whom Defendants filed a county court collection complaint in the form of Exhibit A attached to Plaintiffs Complaint (iii) in an attempt to collect an alleged debt (iv) which was for personal, family, or household purposes (v) during the period one year prior to the date of filing this action.

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