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Consumer Law: FCRA-Dismissal-Record Basis
Staff Report//July 9, 2026//
Plaintiff appealed the dismissal of her action under the FCRA.
Where the record supported no basis for reversal, the court affirmed dismissal.
Judgment is affirmed.
Akins v. Checkr, Inc. (MLW No. 85048/Case No. 26-1035 –2 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, per curiam) Appealed from U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Arkansas, Moody, J.
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