Todd v. Franklin Collection Service, Inc.

Dist. Ct. did not err in dismissing plaintiff's pro se Fair Credit Reporting Act claim, which plaintiff (non-lawyer) had purchased from third-party, where Dist. Ct. found that assignment of claim to plaintiff was void as being in violation of Illinois public policy. Under King, 828 N.E.2d 1155, Illinois public policy forbids assignments of legal claims to non-attorneys in order to facilitate non-attorneys ability to litigate said claims without law license. Moreover, record showed that plaintiff had created business that provided legal advice, and that plaintiff had repeatedly purchased claims in order to personally litigate them.