LOS ANGELES – A Montebello, California resident alleges a Virginia debt collector called him more than 100 times after he requested it to stop.
Ivan Montenegro filed a complaint on April 30 in the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California against Capital One Bank (USA) N.A. over alleged violation of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act.
According to the complaint, the plaintiff alleges that the defendant called him in an attempt to collect an alleged debt with the use of an automated dialing system. The plaintiff alleges he never gave the defendant consent to call him and revoked his consent to receive calls in September 2017.
Despite plaintiff's request to cease all calls, defendant allegedly has called him 117 times.
The plaintiff requests a trial by jury and seeks actual and compensatory damages, costs, attorneys' fees, and any other relief the court deems appropriate. He is represented by Alyson Dykes of The Law Offices of Jeffrey Lohman PC in Corona.
U.S. District Court for the Central District of California case number 2:18-cv-03636-RAO