I followed all the steps here to fight Midland and I won.
5/21 Case filed in Court
8/5 Personally served at my home
8/18 Filed an answer
8/19 Trial scheduled for 10/15
8/23 I filed motion to compel arbitration
9/29 Lawyer filed for summary judgement
9/30 Date scheduled for 10/8 to hear summary judgement motion
10/8 I appeared in court to respond to the summary judgement. I asked the judge to rule on my motion to compel arbitration which was filed 8/23. The judge ordered a stay on the motion and advised me to send a letter within 30 days showing I initiated arbitration. Lawyer was pissed by the way
11/3 I sent a letter to the court showing I paid $250 to JAMS to initiate arbitration
11/11 Lawyer called to ask advise they were dropping the case with prejudice and sent me a stipulation of dismissal to sign
12/8 Stipulation of dismissal with prejudice filed by the court
Original debt was to PayPal for $3500