SHETIWY v. MIDLAND CREDIT MANAGEMENT

No. 12 Civ. 7068(SAS).

959 F.Supp.2d 469 (2013)

Amal SHETIWY, Louis C. Yeostros, Patricia R. Diffley, Johanna Arbelaez, Nicholas Doudalis, Nicole Gagnon, Safet Koljenovic, Magdi Abdalla, Ahmed Hassan, Ekatereine Skotedis, Vielka Vargas, Rose Villaneuva, John Murphy, Plamen Pankoft, Spiros Argyros, and others similarly situated, Plaintiffs, v. MIDLAND CREDIT MANAGEMENT, a/k/a Midland Funding LLC, Calvary Portfolio Service, Debtone, LLC, Cach, LLC, Asset Acceptance, LLC, FIA Card Services, N.A., Portfolio Recovery, Chase Bank, N.A., American Express Company, Bank of America, N.A., Capital One Financial Advisors, LLC, Associated Recovery Systems, Citigroup Inc., Citibank, N.A., Capital Management Services, GE Capital Consumer Lending, Inc., Equable Assent Financial, LLC, LVNV Funding, LLC and NCO Financial Systems, Defendants.

United States District Court, S.D. New York.

July 12, 2013.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George E. Bassias, Esq. , Astoria, NY, Phillip Jaffe, Esq. , New York, NY, for Plaintiffs.

Casey Devin Laffey, Esq. , Reed Smith , New York, NY, for Defendant Midland Credit Management also known as Midland Funding LLC.

Donald S. Maurice, Jr., Esq. , Rachel Marin, Esq. , Thomas Robert Dominczyk, Esq. , Maurice & Needleman, P.C., Flemington, NJ, for Defendants Calvary Portfolio Service and Equable Asset Financial, LLC.

William Raley Alford, Esq. , Stanley, Reuter, Ross, Thornton & Alford, New Orleans, LA, for Defendant DebtOne, LLC.

Jonathan Justin Greystone, Esq. , Spector Gadon & Rosen, P.C., Philadelphia, PA, Kevin Evont Bowens, Esq. , Manuel H. Newburger, Esq. , Barron, Newburger, Sinsley & Wier, PLLC, Austin, TX, for Defendant Cach, LLC.

Aaron R. Easley, Esq. , Sessions, Fishman, & Nathan, LLP, Metairie, LA, Kevin Barry McHugh, Esq. , Law Offices of Edward Barfinkel, Brooklyn, NY, for Defendants NCO Financial Systems and Capital Management Services.

Concepcion A. Montoya, Esq. , Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant LVNV Funding, LLC.

Jill M. Wheaton, Esq. , Dykema Gossett, P.L.L.C., Ann Arbor, MI, Jonathan M. Albano, Esq. , S. Elaine McChesney, Esq. , Bingham McCutchen LLP, Boston, MA, for Defendant Asset Acceptance, LLC.

Gillian Ivy Biron, Esq. , Bingham McCutchen LLP, New York, NY, Jonathan M. Albano, Esq. , S. Elaine McChesney, Esq. , Boston, MA, for Defendants FIA Card Services, N.A. and Bank of America, N.A.

Christopher William Madel, Esq. , Jennifer M. Robbins, Esq. , Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi L.L.P., Minneapolis, MN, Oren Dov Langer, Esq. , Robins, Kaplan, Miller & Ciresi, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant Portfolio Recovery.

Andrew Arthur Ruffino, Esq. , Covington & Burling LLP, New York, NY, Robert D. Wick, Esq. , Covington & Burling, L.L.P., Washington, DC, for Defendant Chase Bank, N.A.

Carmine D. Boccuzzi, Jr., Esq. , Mitchell A. Lowenthal, Esq. , Lauren Kathryn Handelsman, Esq. , Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton, LLP, New York, NY, for Defendant American Express Company.

David John Fioccola, Esq. , Jessica Kaufman, Esq. , Mark Paul Ladner, Esq. , Morrison & Foerster LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants Capital One Financial Advisors, LLC and Capital One Financial Corporation.

John E. Brigandi, Esq. , Salvo Law Firm, Fairfield, NJ, for Defendant Associated Recovery Systems.

Stephen Craig Robinson, Esq. , Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY, for Defendants CitiGroup Inc., Citibank, N.A.

Michael D. Hynes, Esq. , Sarah B. Zimmer, Esq. , DLA Piper U.S. LLP, for Defendant GE Capital Consumer Lending, Inc.


OPINION AND ORDER

SHIRA A. SCHEINDLIN, District Judge.

I. INTRODUCTION

Plaintiffs in this putative class action allege that banks, credit card companies, and debt collectors obtained thousands of judgments against debtors through false affidavits, misleading evidence, and other improper litigation tactics.1 They request injunctive, declaratory, and collateral relief based on: (i) the Racketeer Influenced and...

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