Chamberlain v. NRA Group, LLC

Filing 69

MEMORANDUM (Order to follow as separate docket entry) Signed by Honorable Karoline Mehalchick on 08/30/2024. (jw)

UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
MIDDLE DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
AUTUMN CHAMBERLAIN, on behalf of
herself and all others similarly situated,

CIVIL ACTION NO. 1:21-CV-00281

Plaintiff,
v.

(MEHALCHICK, J.)

NRA GROUP, LLC,
Defendant.
ORDER
AND NOW, this 30th day of August, 2024, upon consideration of plaintiff Amber
Chamberlain’s (“Chamberlain”) motion for class certification (Doc. 57) for the reasons set
forth in the accompanying memorandum of law, it is hereby ORDERED as follows:
1.
Chamberlain’s motion for class certification (Doc. 57) is GRANTED. The
following litigation class is CERTIFIED pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil
Procedure 23(a) and 23(b)(3):
All persons within the United States to whom NRA or its agent’s
and/or employee’s sent a debt collection text message between
November 19, 2020 and February 16, 2021, after said person had
previously messaged “STOP,” “Stop” or “stop” to NRA.
2.
The Court hereby approves the following entity as Representative Plaintiff
of the Class pursuant to Rule 23(a)(3), and finds that these Representative
Plaintiff’s claims are typical of the claims of the Class: Amber Chamberlain.
The claims Chamberlain and absent class members rely on the same legal
theories and arise from the same alleged conduct by the NRA, namely,
sending unsolicited text messages after being sent a “STOP” text, allegedly
a violation of the FDCPA.
3.
After reviewing the Declarations of Stephen Taylor and Joshua Markovits
(Doc. 57-2; Doc. 57-2), the court hereby also approves the following law
firm as Class Counsel pursuant to Rule 23(g), and finds that these Class
Counsel have and will fairly and adequately protect the interests of the
Class: Lemberg Law, LLC.
4.
The parties are directed to meet and confer on the subject of the best
practicable notice to the class. See Fed. R. Civ. P. 23(c)(2)(B). The parties

shall submit to the court their proposed notice with twenty-one (21) days of
this Order, on or before March 13, 2024. The parties shall be mindful that
their proposed notice must comport with the requirements outlined in Rule
23(c)(2)(B)(i–vii).

s/ Karoline Mehalchick

Dated: August 30, 2024

KAROLINE MEHALCHICK
United States District Judge

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