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Try CasePortal for FreeJ. Pepper finds in favor of U.S. Bank and the attorneys and other individuals sued by the church and church members claiming they had funds in a U.S. Bank account fraudulently frozen or garnished, in part violating federal debt collection law. U.S. Bank and one individual named in the church's complaint are dismissed from the action, as the complaint does not allege specific federal claims against them and the court does not have personal jurisdiction over them. In part because the complaint's allegations against the attorneys and other individuals are too vague and the complaint incorrectly lists violations of multiple criminal statutes, the church is given until December 29, 2023, to file a document showing cause why the remainder of the parties and allegations in the suit should not be dismissed.