Branch v. Government Employees Insurance Company
Filing
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MEMORANDUM OPINION. See for complete details. It is so ORDERED. Signed by District Judge Robert E. Payne on 12/18/2017. (nbrow)
IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF VIRGINIA
Richmond Division
DEC I 9 20l7
TIFFANIE BRANCH,
individually and on behalf of
all others similarly situated,
CLERK, U.S. DISTRICT COURT
RICHMOND, VA
Plaintiff,
v.
Civil Action No. 3:16-cv-1010
GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEES
INSURANCE COMPANY,
Defendant.
MEMORANDUM OPINION
This
matter
SUMMARY JUDGMENT
is
before
(ECF No.
the
39).
Court
on
GEICO'S
MOTION
FOR
For the reasons set forth below,
the motion will be denied.
BACKGROUND
A. Procedural Background
On December
Class
Action
30,
2016,
Complaint
on
Tiffanie
behalf
Branch
of
("Branch")
herself
and
filed
all
a
others
similarly situated, alleging that Government Employees Insurance
Company
("GEICO")
violated
Credit Reporting Act
Section
( "FCRA") .
1681b (b) (3) (A)
ECF No.
1.
the
Fair
Branch then filed an
Amended Class Action Complaint on April 11,
operative complaint here. ECF No. 23.
of
2017,
which is the
The parties'
the
class
initial briefing on GEICO' s
motion concerned
originally
composed
that
Branch
proposed,
of
individuals who were assigned a "Fail" grade by GEICO because of
any deficiency in their background reports.
at oral argument,
Id.
Date:
December
-t-0--,
10
2017
Of course, this result, as to Branch and her individual claim,
does not necessarily mean that the case is suitable to proceed
as a class action. That is the subject of a different motion.
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