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But see Marks, 904 F.3d at 1050-53 (holding that an auto-dialer includes a device “with the capacity to dial stored numbers automatically”).

This outcome left it to the courts to “interpret the statute’s text as though for the first time.”6 Gadelhak, 950 F.3d at 463 ; see also Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC, 904 F.3d 1041, 1049 (9th Cir. 2018) (“Because the D.C.

See, e.g., Glasser v. Hilton Grand Vacations Co, LLC, 948 F.3d 1301 , 1304–05 (11th Cir. 2020) (“Because neither phone system used randomly or sequentially generated numbers and because the phone system in Glasser’s appeal required human intervention and thus was not an auto-dialer, the Act does not cover them.”); Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC, 904 F.3d 1041, 1051 (9th Cir. 2018) (“[T]he statutory definition of ATDS is not limited to devices with the capacity to call number…

See Yahoo, Inc., 894 F.3d at 119 ; Marks, 904 F.3d at 1049-52 (“Because the statutory language is ambiguous, we look at the context and the structure of the statutory scheme.”); Duguid, 926 F.3d at 1150 (confirming that Marks’s construction of the ATDS definition “clarif[ied] any ambiguity” about the provision after ACA International “wipe[d] the definitional slate clean”).

Marks, 904 F.3d at 1051 (“After struggling with the statutory language ourselves, we conclude that it is not susceptible to a straightforward interpretation based on the plain language alone.

See id. (noting a “text message 19 to a cellular telephone, it is undisputed, qualifies as a “call” within the compass of 20 § 227(b)(1)(A)(iii)”); Satterfield v. Simon & Schuster, Inc., 569 F.3d 946, 949 (9th Cir. 21 2009) (holding “it is reasonable to interpret ‘call’ under the TCPA to include both voice 22 calls and text messages”); Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC, 904 F.3d 1041 , 1048 n.3 (9th 23 Cir. 2018) (“[T]he TCPA applies to text messages because it is ‘a form of co…

See Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC , 904 F.3d 1041 (9th Cir. 2018) ("Because the D.C.

It stated the issue presented for review thusly: “Does the TCPA’s definition of an [ATDS] ‘include a device that stores telephone numbers to be called, whether or not those numbers have been generated by a random or sequential number generator?’ Marks v. Crunch San Di- ego, LLC, 904 F.3d 1041, 1043 (9th Cir. 2018).” Id. at *2.

It stated the issue presented for review thusly: “Does the TCPA’s definition of an [ATDS] ‘include a device that stores telephone numbers to be called, whether or not those numbers have been generated by a random or sequential number generator?’ Marks v. Crunch San Di- ego, LLC, 904 F.3d 1041, 1043 (9th Cir. 2018).” Id. at *2.

Assistance Agency, 968 F.3d 567, 579-80 (6th Cir. 2020); Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC, 904 F.3d 1041, 1053 (9th 14 Cir. 2018).

This distinction is crucial here because if 24 interpretation (1) or (4) is correct, then Austria states a plausible claim, because it is 25 26 3 See Gadelhak v. AT&T Servs., Inc., 950 F.3d 458 (7th Cir. 2020); Glasser v. Hilton Grand Vacations Co., 948 F.3d 1301 (11th Cir. 2020); Dominguez v. Yahoo, Inc., 894 F.3d 116 (3d Cir. 27 2018); Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC, 904 F.3d 1041, 1050 (9th Cir. 2018), abrogated by 28 Facebook, 141 S. Ct. 1163 ; Duran v. La Boom Disco, In…

This decision abrogated previous Ninth Circuit 13 precedent, which had defined ATDS as “not limited to devices with the capacity to call 14 numbers produced by a ‘random or sequential number generator,’ but also includ[ing] 15 devices with the capacity to dial stored numbers automatically.” Marks v. Crunch San 16 Diego, LLC, 904 F.3d 1041, 1052 (9th Cir. 2018). 17 This Court has “acknowledged ‘the difficulty a plaintiff faces in knowing the type 18 of calling system used wit…

The Ninth, Second, and Sixth Circuits held that an ATDS is “equipment which has the capacity— (1) to store numbers to be called or (2) to produce numbers to be called, using a random or sequential number generator—and to dial such numbers automatically (even if the system must be turned on or triggered by a person)[.]” Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC, 904 F.3d 1041, 1053 (9th Cir. 2018); Duran v. La Boom Disco, Inc., 955 F.3d 279, 290 (2d Cir. 2020); Allan v. Penn.

An autodialer, the Court of Appeals held, need not be able to use a random or sequential generator to store numbers; it need only have the capacity to “ ‘store numbers to be called’ ” and “ ‘to dial such numbers automatically.’ ” 926 F. 3d 1146, 1151 (2019) (quoting Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC, 904 F. 3d 1041, 1053 (CA9 2018)).

In Facebook v. Duguid, the Ninth Circuit adopted a broad interpretation of § 227(a)(1), finding that “an ATDS need not be able to use a random or sequential generator to store numbers — it suffices to merely have the capacity to ‘store numbers to be called’ and ‘to dial such numbers automatically.’” Duguid v. Facebook, Inc., 926 F.3d 1146, 1151 (9th Cir. 2019) (quoting Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC, 904 F.3d 1041, 1053 (9th Cir. 2018)).

Assistance Agency, 968 F.3d 567 , 580-81 (6th Cir. 2020); Duran v. La Boom Disco, Inc., 955 F.3d 279 , 287 (2d Cir. 2020); Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC, 904 F.3d 1041, 1052 (9th Cir. 2018).

Duran v. La Boom Disco, Inc., 955 F.3d 279 , 281 n.5 (2d Cir. 2020); Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC, 904 F.3d 1041, 1052 (9th Cir. 2018).

In the Complaint, Plaintiff alleges that Defendant sent her “text messages using an ~The Second, Sixth and Ninth Circuits have defined an ATDS as any system that stores numbers and calls them “automatically.” See Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC, 904 F.3d 1041, 1053 (9th Cir. 2018); Duran v. La Boom Disco, Inc., 955 F.3d 279 , 290 (2d Cir. 2020); Al/an v. Pa. Higher Educ.

(Doc. 23-1 ¶ 5.) Currently in the Ninth Circuit, 19 random or sequential phone number generation is not required for a system to qualify as 20 an ATDS under the TCPA, but ATDS has instead been construed to encompass “devices 21 with the capacity to dial stored numbers automatically.” See Marks v. Crunch San Diego, 22 LLC, 904 F.3d 1041, 1052 (9th Cir. 2018).

The debate generally revolves around whether the phrase “using a random or sequential number generator” modifies both of the verbs “to store” and “[to] produce,” or just modifies the verb “[to] produce.” Compare Duran v. La Boom Disco, Inc., 955 F.3d 279, 287 (2d Cir. 2020), and Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC, 904 F.3d 1041, 1053 (9th Cir. 2018), with Gadelhak v. AT&T Servs., Inc., 950 F.3d 458, 460 (7th Cir. 2020), and Glasser v. Hilton Grand Vacations Co., 948 F.3d 1301 , …

We therefore next examine the structure, Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC, 904 F.3d 1041, 1051 (9th Cir. 2018), and legislative history of the statute, to determine if we, like the X-Citement Video Court, should be reluctant to “simply follow the most grammatical reading of the statute,” 513 U.S. at 70 .

Facebook followed from the Ninth Circuit’s decision in Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC, 904 F. 3d 1041, 1052 (9th Cir. 2018) (holding that the statutory definition of an ATDS is not limited to devices with the capacity to call numbers produced by a random or sequential number generation, but also includes devices with the capacity to dial stored numbers automatically.).

The Second, Sixth and Ninth Circuits hold that the statutory definition of ATDS includes equipment with a capacity to “call numbers produced by a random or sequential generator” or “dial stored numbers automatically.” Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC, 904 F.3d 1041, 1052 (9th Cir. 2018), cert. dismissed, 139 S. Ct. 1289 (2019); see also Duran v. La Boom Disco, Inc., 955 F.3d 279 , 290 (2d Cir. 2020) and Allan v. Pa. Higher Educ.

The Court agrees on both points. 18 Under Ninth Circuit law, “the term automatic telephone dialing system means 19 equipment which has the capacity—(1) to store numbers to be called or (2) to produce 20 numbers to be called, using a random or sequential number generator—and to dial such 21 numbers.” Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC, 904 F.3d 1041, 1052 (9th Cir. 2018), cert. 22 dismissed, 139 S. Ct. 1289 (2019).4 To survive a motion to dismiss, a “[p]laintiff must 23 allege su…

When faced with that problem, the Third, Seventh, and Eleventh 23 Circuits concluded that “using a random or sequential number generator” modifies both 24 “produce” and “store.” Id.; Glasser v. Hilton Grand Vacations Co., LLC, 948 F.3d 1301 , 25 1306-12 (11th Cir. 2020); Dominguez v. Yahoo, Inc., 894 F.3d 116, 119-21 (3d Cir. 2018). 26 The Second and Ninth Circuits, in contrast, concluded that “using a random or sequential 27 number generator” only modifies “produce,” which …

Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC., 904 F.3d 1041, 1049 (9th Cir. 2018).

By contrast, the Ninth and 7 Second Circuits have held that “the statutory definition of ATDS is not limited to devices with the 8 capacity to call numbers produced by a ‘random or sequential number generator, but also includes 9 devices with the capacity to dial stored numbers automatically.” Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC, 10 904 F.3d 1041, 1052 (9th Cir. 2018); see also Duran v. La Boom Disco, Inc., 955 F.3d 279, 287 (2d Cir. 2020) (“[W]e hold that an ATDS may call number…

Rcd. 15391, 15392 n.5 (2012)); Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC, 904 F.3d 1041, 1052 (9th Cir. 2018), cert. dismissed, 139 S. Ct. 1289 (2019) (“[W]e conclude that the statutory definition of ATDS is not limited to devices with the capacity to call numbers produced by a ‘random or sequential number generator’ but also includes devices with the capacity to dial stored numbers automatically.”) telephone dialing system that sends text messages to lists of cellular recipients which…

In contrast to the conclusions of the Third, Seventh, and Eleventh Circuits,1 25 1 The Third, Seventh, and Eleventh Circuits hold that equipment must either (1) store 26 telephone numbers to be called using a random or sequential number generator, or (2) produce telephone numbers to be called using a random or sequential number 27 generator. ., Inc., 950 F.3d 458, 464, 469 (7th Cir. 2020); ., 948 F.3d 1301 , 1310 (11th Cir. 2020); 28 ., 894 F.3d 116, 119-21 (3d Cir. 2018). 1…

And, although the panels in Marks and Duran approached the analysis slightly differently from one another, compare Marks, 904 F.3d at 1049-52 (after finding the FCC’s prior orders on the issue were no longer binding and the statutory language was ambiguous, concluding the context and structure of the statutory scheme supported its definition) with Duran, 955 F.3d at 283-87 (reading the statute to “avoid[] rendering any word” “’surplusage’” and finding that both the purpose a…

Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC, 904 F.3d 1041, 1053 (9th Cir. 2018).

Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC., 904 F.3d 1041, 1049 (9th Cir. 2018).

Defendants on the other hand argue that the device used 22 to contact plaintiff does not constitute an ATDS under the 23 statute and that, even if it does, plaintiff did not effectively 24 revoke consent to be called. 25 A. Whether the Aspect Dialing System Is An ATDS 26 Since the enactment of the TCPA in 1991, the definition 27 of ATDS has remained the same: “equipment which has the capacity 28 —-(A) to store or produce telephone numbers to be called, using a 1 random or se…

Mar. 30, 2018). forth by Congress in 1991 remains.” Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC, 904 F.3d 1041, 1049 (9th Cir. 2018).

Still other circuits have held that an “ATDS is not limited to devices with the capacity to call numbers produced by a ‘random or sequential number generator,’ but also includes devices with the capacity to dial stored numbers automatically.” Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC, 904 F.3d 1041, 1051 (9th Cir. 2018).

Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC., 904 F.3d 1041, 1049 (9th Cir. 2018).

In connection with these proclamations, the Third Circuit affirmed the lower court’s grant of summary judgment in favor of defendant, finding plaintiff failed to present any “evidence that creates a genuine dispute of fact as to whether [defendant’s system] had the present capacity to . . . generat[e] random or sequential telephone numbers.” Id.4 The circuit split was born a few months later when the Ninth Circuit issued its opinion in Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC, 904 F.3…

“By referring to the relevant device as an ‘automatic 13 telephone dialing system,’ Congress made clear that it was targeting equipment that 14 could engage in automatic dialing, rather than equipment that operated without any 15 human oversight or control.” Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC, 904 F.3d 1041, 1052 (9th 16 Cir. 2018), cert. dismissed, 139 S. Ct. 1289 (2019) (“Marks”) (citations omitted) 17 (emphasis in original); see also ACA Int’l, 885 F.3d at 703 (noting that th…

The FAC does not allege, and 19 Ewing does not offer any evidence demonstrating, that Pollard (or anyone else) ever called 20 21 22 3 Finding that the meaning of an automatic telephone dialing system as that term is used in the TCPA is 23 “ambiguous on its face,” the Ninth Circuit has held that the term “means equipment which has the capacity—(1) to store numbers to be called or (2) to produce numbers to be called, using a random or 24 sequential number generator—and to dial…

Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC., 904 F.3d 1041, 1050 (9th Cir. 2018).

The Court concluded that the 10 “statutory definition of ATDS is not limited to devices with the capacity to call numbers 11 produced by a random or sequential number generator, but also includes devices with the 12 capacity to dial stored numbers automatically.” Marks, 904 F.3d at 1052 (internal 13 citations omitted). 14 Here, Vehicle’s system works in substantially the same way.

(Mot. at 5.) An ATDS is a piece of “equipment which has 19 the capacity—(1) to store numbers to be called or (2) to produce numbers to be called, 20 using a random or sequential number generator—and to dial such numbers automatically 21 (even if the system must be turned on or triggered by a person).” Marks v. Crunch San 22 Diego, LLC, 904 F.3d 1041, 1053 (9th Cir. 2018).

Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC, 904 F.3d 1041, 1053 (9th Cir. 2018).

Recently, however, the United 14 States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit found the FCC’s 15 guidance contradictory and unreasonably expansive, and “vacated the FCC’s 16 interpretation of what sort of device qualifie[s] as an ATDS.” Id. at 1049 (discussing 17 ACA Int’l v. FCC, 885 F.3d 687 (D.C.

Thus, under Marks, an ATDS “means equipment which has 23 the capacity—(1) to store numbers to be called or (2) to produce numbers to be called, using a 24 random or sequential number generator—and to dial such numbers automatically (even if the 25 system must be turned on or triggered by a person).” Id. at 1052 (emphasis added). 1 Accordingly, under Marks, Plaintiff states a plausible set of facts that would show Defendant’s 2 text message with sent with an ATDS. 3 Defendant…

Plaintiffs respond that defendants misread the statutory definition, which includes devices that lack the capacity to generate random or sequential numbers but can “dial stored numbers automatically.” See Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC, 904 F.3d 1041, 1052 (9th Cir. 2018).

Circuit’s ACA International decision invalidated the F.C.C.’s guidance from 2003, 2008, and 2015.3 See, e.g., Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC, 904 F.3d 1041, 1049-50 (9th Cir. 2018); Richardson v. Verde Energy USA, Inc., 354 F. Supp. 3d 639, 648 (E.D.

PALK UNITED STATES DISTRICT JUDGE reversed the district court’s dismissal and held that “an ATDS need not be able to use a random or sequential generator to store numbers — it suffices to merely have the capacity to “store numbers to be called’ and ‘to dial such numbers automatically.’” Duiguid v. Facebook, Inc., -- F.3d --, No. 17-15320, 2019 WL 2454853 at *3 (June 13, 2019) (quoting Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC, 904 F.3d 1041, 1053 (9th Cir. 2018)); see also Gonzalez v. …

We also note that Facebook does not raise, so we do not consider, the requirement that an ATDS have the capacity to “dial . . . numbers automatically.” Marks, 904 F.3d at 1053 (emphasis added). 10 DUGUID V.

We therefore next examine the structure, Marks v. Crunch San Diego, LLC, 904 F.3d 1041, 1051 (9th Cir. 2018), and legislative history of the statute, to determine if we, like the X-Citement Video Court, should be reluctant to “simply follow the most grammatical reading of the statute,” 513 U.S. at 70 .