8th Circuit Sets Oct. 5 Deadline for TCPA Appellant’s Opening Brief

Pro se plaintiff-appellant Laura Hammett's opening brief is due Oct. 5 in her appeal of a district court’s June 15 final judgment granting summary judgment for defendant-appellee Portfolio Recovery Associates (PRA), said a revised appeal briefing schedule order Tuesday (docket 23-2638) in the 8th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals. Hammett’s April 2021 complaint alleged PRA hounded her with at least 120 “incessant” and “obnoxious” debt collection calls, in violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and the Telephone Consumer Protection Act. PRA’s answering brief is due Nov. 6, and Hammett’s reply brief 21 days later, said the order.