District Court (Cal.) Confirms FDCPA and Rosenthal Act Do Not Afford a Right to an Injunction

In Faria v. PNC Bank N.A., et al., No. 223CV02023DADKJN, 2023 WL 6392752, at *4 (E.D. Cal. Sept. 30, 2023), Judge Drozd held:

First, plaintiffs cannot obtain injunctive relief for violations of the FDCPA and Rosenthal Act. See Varnado v. Midland Funding LLC, 43 F. Supp. 3d 985, 992–93 (N.D. Cal. 2014) (finding that remedies under the FDCPA and Rosenthal Act are “are limited to damages, attorney’s fees and costs” and dismissing the plaintiffs “requests for declaratory and injunctive relief under the FDCPA and Rosenthal Act”); Perez v. Bank of Am., N.A., No. 21-cv-01977-BAS-LR, 2022 WL 10756681, at *2 (S.D. Cal. Oct. 18, 2022) (denying an application for a temporary restraining order brought under the FDCPA and Rosenthal Act).