Notorious litigator Mark Dobronski is back with a new TCPA case, this time targeting a fundraiser conducting prerecorded calls with an automated interactive voice response (“IVR”) system.
Dobronski has brought an action against the Committee for Police Officers’ Defense, Inc. (“CPOD”), a political action committee, in Dobronski v. Committee For Police Officers Defense, Inc., Case 4:26-cv-10220-FKB-CI (E.D. Mich Jan. 20, 2026). He is alleging violations of Telephone Consumer Protection Act (“TCPA”), the Michigan Home Solicitation Sales Act (“MHSSA”), the Michigan Telephone Companies as Common Carriers Act (“MTCCCA”) and the Florida Telephone Solicitation Act (“FTSA”). All these claims stem from two prerecorded calls which Dobronski alleges he received from CPOD. The first of these calls disconnected after Plaintiff answered and listened to a prerecorded message. The second featured a prerecorded message before transferring Dobronski to an IVR system.
Interestingly, the calls are alleged to have occurred in January 2025 and January 2026 – an entire year apart.
Dobronski has brought a laundry list of 12 causes of action:
- TCPA (47 C.F.R. § 64.1200(a)(1)(iii)) – Non-emergency calls using an ATDS without consent
- TCPA (47 C.F.R. § 64.1200(a)(2)) – Initiating telemarketing calls using an ATDS to a residential telephone number without prior express written consent
- TCPA (47 C.F.R. § 64.1200(a)(3)) – Initiating telephone calls to a residential line using a prerecorded voice to deliver a message containing an advertisement or telemarketing message without prior express written consent
- TCPA (47 C.F.R. § 64.1200(a)(7)) – Abandoning more than 3% of telemarketing calls answered live by a person in a 30-day period for a single campaign by failing to connect to a live representative within two seconds of a greeting
- TCPA (47 C.F.R. § 64.1200(a)(7)(i)(A)) – Failing to provide prerecorded identification and an opt-out message
- TCPA (47 C.F.R. § 64.1200(a)(7)(i)(B)) – Failure to provide automated opt out mechanism during abandoned calls
- TCPA (47 C.F.R. § 64.1200(c)(2)) – Calls to numbers on the National DNC list
- TCPA (47 C.F.R. § 64.1200(d)(4)) – Calls to numbers on the National DNC list using an artificial or prerecorded voice
- TCPA (47 C.F.R. § 64.1601(e)) – Failure to transmit caller identification information
- MHSSA (M.C.L. § 445.111a(5)) – Violation of State DNC list
- MTCCCA (M.C.L. § 484.125(2)) – Calls to residential telephone number to deliver prerecorded messages for commercial advertising purposes without consent
- FTSA (Fla. Stat. § 501.059(8)(a)) – Calls using an automated system to play a prerecorded message without prior express written consent
Dobronski is seeking $18,000 in minimum damages for the TCPA claims, $500 minimum for the MHSSA cause of action, $2,000 minimum for the alleged violation of the MTCCCA and $1,000 minimum under the FTSA. As usual for this serial plaintiff, he is appearing pro se.
We’ll keep you updated as this case progresses.