Wells Fargo Granted 30-Day Extension to Answer TCPA Complaint

U.S. District Judge Janis Sammartino for Southern California in San Diego granted a joint motion extending by 30 days to Dec. 23 Wells Fargo Bank’s deadline for responding to plaintiff Christopher Atanasoff’s Nov. 1 complaint that it violated the Telephone Consumer Protection Act, said an order she signed Monday (docket 3:22-cv-01698). Good cause exists for extending the deadline so Wells Fargo can evaluate Atanasoff’s claims, respond to early settlement discussions and investigate the facts of the case, said the order. Atanasoff alleges the bank phoned him more than 60 times to collect an old credit card debt after receiving a cease and desist from his lawyer July 29 (see 2211210012).