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1. _____. Failure to state a claim upon which relief can be granted.
POTENTIAL DEFENSES
2. _____. The amounts claimed in the Complaint violate the doctrine of
unconscionability and should not be enforced. Johnson v. Cash Store, 68 P.3d 1099 (Wash. Ct.
App. 2003); Pinkett v. Moolah Loan Co.
3. . The late charges sued upon, if any, when charged on top of exorbitant interest,
are liquidated damages and void as a penalty under
, 1999 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 172276, 1999 WL 1080596
(D. Ill., 1999).
In re Bryant, 39 B.R. 313 (D. Nev. 1984);
Golden v. McKim
4. _____. Defendant may be entitled to a setoff and/or offset.
, 37 Nev. 205, 141 Pac. 676 (1914).
5. _____. The Plaintiff’s claim is offset by statutory damages available to Defendant
under the federal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. §§ 1692, et seq., for Plaintiff’s
failure to provide Defendant with a written notice of and/or verification of the alleged debt that
meets the requirements of 15 U.S.C. § 1692g.
6. _____. This debt was incurred prior to my active military duty, and under the Service-
members Civil Relief Act, 50 U.S.C. § 501, interest on that debt must be reduced to 6% and any
amount higher must be forgiven.
7. _____. Plaintiff is a purchaser of credit card debt, and the Complaint fails to contain
the below checked information required by NRS Chapter 97A as amended by AB 472 (effective
7/1/09):
G The name of the issuer;
G The last four digits of the account number originally assigned by the issuer;
G All subsequent account numbers assigned to the credit card debt by all
assignees of the credit card debt; and
G The date of the default on the credit card debt.
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