Judge Dismisses Couple’s Debt Collection Act Claim, Remands Suit

Mealey's (April 24, 2020, 9:08 AM EDT) -- OPELIKA, Ala. — A federal judge in Alabama on April 22 remanded a couple’s lawsuit accusing their loan servicer, mortgage holder and a trust of violating the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA), after finding that the plaintiff failed to sufficiently allege in an amended complaint that the defendants were debt collectors under the statute and declining to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over the plaintiffs’ remaining state law claims (A.B. Dean III, et al. v. Colonial Bank N.A., et al., No. 19cv502, M.D. Ala., 2020 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 69776)....