Perez v. Gordon & Wong Law Group, P.C.
United States District Court for the Northern District of California
2012 WL 1029425, No. 11-CV-03323-LHK (2012)
- Written by Brianna Pine, JD
Facts
Carlos Perez (plaintiff) brought suit against Gordon & Wong Law Group, P.C., and several of its individual attorneys (collectively, Gordon) (defendants), alleging violations of the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and California’s Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act. Gordon filed an answer and asserted 15 affirmative defenses without providing factual detail in support. Perez moved to strike all 15 of Gordon’s affirmative defenses under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure (FRCP) 12(f). Perez argued that the affirmative defenses, as pleaded, were legally insufficient as they failed to satisfy FRCP 8 and the plausibility pleading standard established in Bell Atlantic Corp. v. Twombly and Ashcroft v. Iqbal.
Rule of Law
Issue
Holding and Reasoning (Loh, J.)
What to do next…
Here's why 899,000 law students have relied on our case briefs:
- Written by law professors and practitioners, not other law students. 47,000 briefs, keyed to 994 casebooks. Top-notch customer support.
- The right amount of information, includes the facts, issues, rule of law, holding and reasoning, and any concurrences and dissents.
- Access in your classes, works on your mobile and tablet. Massive library of related video lessons and high quality multiple-choice questions.
- Easy to use, uniform format for every case brief. Written in plain English, not in legalese. Our briefs summarize and simplify; they don’t just repeat the court’s language.


