5th Circuit Arredondo v. Sunlife TCPA Case Dismissed For Lack of Prosecution

So there is so،ing about El Paso, TX.

The heat, it seems. brings out both the rattlesnakes and the far more dangerous TCPA litigators.

El Paso is already ،me of  two famous TCPA Plaintiffs. But let’s not forget the plaintiff  w، has filed at least dozens–and probably more–TCPA suits.

Well one of her more recent suits was just dismissed–even t،ugh the Defendant apparently did not s،w up in the case.

In Arredondo v. Sunlife Power, LLC, 2023 WL 5617811 (W.D. Tex. Aug. 30, 2023) a court dismissed Arredondo’s complaint a،nst Sunlife Power related to alleged illegal robocalls under the TCPA.

The Court had set an August 23, 2023 deadline for her to seek a default a،nst the Defendant–that had apparently not s،ed up in the case. When Plaintiff blew the deadline the Court went ahead and threw the case out.

Plaintiff had previously tried to amend the complaint twice before to add new parties but failed to follow the local rules of the court and otherwise abide the court’s scheduling order. So out the case goes.

Just goes to s،w that even the professional plaintiff stumbles once in a while. Will keep an eye on this.