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Plaintiff Ordered to Show Cause Why His Case Shouldn’t Be Dismissed for Lack of Prosecution

Eric Moorman has until Feb. 5 to show cause in a written response why his Telephone Consumer Protection Act complaint against Apollo Interactive shouldn’t be dismissed under Local Rule 3.10 for lack of prosecution due to his failure to file…

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a case management report within the time prescribed by that local rule. Failure to respond to the show cause order will result in Moorman’s action being dismissed without further notice, said an order signed Monday (docket 8:23-cv-01533) by U.S. District Judge Charlene Honeywell for Middle Florida in Tampa. Americans “receive billions of spam text messages every year,” and Apollo Interactive, a performance marketing and lead generation agency in Los Angeles, “is responsible for a significant portion of this spam,” alleged Moorman’s July 10 class action (see 2307110063).