Judge Tolls Deadline in Parler’s Motion to Dismiss TCPA Class Action

U.S. District Judge Kent Wetherell for Northern Florida in Pensacola signed an order Monday (docket 0:22-cv-02377) tolling the Dec. 2 deadline for Telephone Consumer Protection Act plaintiff Jordan Copeland to respond to Parler’s motion to dismiss until he rules on the motion to compel arbitration or the motion for a change of venue to U.S. District Court for Nevada. Wetherell’s instructions were “in the interest of judicial economy,” said his order. Parler engages “in aggressive telephonic sales calls to consumers without having secured prior express written consent” as required under the Florida Telephone Solicitation Act, and “with no regards for consumers' rights” under the TCPA, alleged Copeland in a Sept. 19 class action (see 2210240040)