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TULSA COUNTY • CJ-2025-5151

CAPITAL ONE, N.A. v. BRITTANY L CHOQUETTE

Filed: Nov 7, 2025
Type: CJ

What's This Case About?

Let’s cut right to the chase: a bank is suing a woman in Oklahoma for $11,665.10 — not because she robbed a vault, not because she launched a cyber heist, but because she allegedly stopped paying her credit card bill. That’s it. No masked getaway, no offshore accounts, just one very large number on a statement and a woman named Brittany L. Choquette who, at some point, apparently said, “Nah, I’m good,” and walked away. Now Capital One, a financial institution so large it probably has its own zip code, is dragging her into the Tulsa County District Court like this is Mission: Impossible and the stolen item is a $258.99 interest charge.

Brittany L. Choquette, according to the filing, is a resident of Tulsa, Oklahoma — specifically, a house on East 34th Street that probably has a porch swing and a suspicious number of collection notices in the mailbox. Capital One, on the other hand, is a national banking association with more lawyers than most countries have diplomats. Their relationship? It started, like so many modern romances, with an application. At some point, Brittany signed up for a Capital One credit card — likely lured by promises of cash back, low introductory rates, or maybe just the ability to buy stuff now and think about it later. She agreed to the terms, got the card, and began using it. For a while, things were fine. Then, somewhere along the line, the payments stopped. The last recorded payment? A single $100 transaction on March 27, like tossing a dollar into a broken vending machine and expecting change. After that? Radio silence. The account “charged off,” which is banker-speak for “we’ve given up on you ever paying us back — but we’re still coming for you.”

So what exactly happened? Well, according to Capital One’s petition, Brittany racked up charges, stopped paying, ignored demands, and now owes $11,665.10 — a number that includes $1,033.22 in interest and $95 in fees. That’s right: over a thousand dollars in interest alone. The statement shows no new transactions, no cash advances, no mysterious charges from Belize — just the slow, relentless creep of compound interest on a balance that ballooned to nearly $11,600. The APR? A cheerful 27.24%, which is what happens when you’re deemed “high risk” and the credit card gods decide you must pay for your sins — financially, at least. The interest is calculated using the “Average Daily Balance” method, a phrase that sounds like a yoga pose but is actually a mathematical torture device designed to ensure you never fully escape your debt, even if you pay most of it.

Now, why are we in court? Because Capital One wants a judgment. That’s legalese for “We want the court to officially say Brittany owes us this money, so we can start garnishing wages, seizing assets, or at the very least, scare her into paying.” The claim is straightforward: debt collection. No fraud, no breach of contract drama, no hidden clauses about pet iguanas — just a simple, cold, “You owe us, and we want it.” They’ve attached the account statement like evidence in a courtroom thriller, complete with transaction logs and interest breakdowns. There’s even a line confirming Brittany is not in active military service — a legal requirement to prevent suing someone deployed in a war zone, which, while noble, also makes you wonder: is this really who we’re sending lawyers after? A civilian in Tulsa with a maxed-out card?

And what do they want? $11,665.10. Plus court costs. No attorney’s fees — which is oddly generous for a billion-dollar bank. Is that a lot? In the grand scheme of credit card debt, it’s not insane — no private jets were purchased here. But for an individual in Oklahoma, where the median household income is around $60,000, $11k is nearly two months’ take-home pay. It’s a car. It’s a year of rent. It’s a lot when you don’t have it. And yet, from Capital One’s perspective? This is chump change. A rounding error in their quarterly report. They’re not doing this for the money — they’re doing it to set a precedent. To send a message. To say: We see you, Brittany. We have your address. We have your account number. And we will collect.

So here’s our take: the most absurd part isn’t the debt. It’s the sheer banality of it all. This isn’t a heist. It’s not even a scandal. It’s just… life. A woman falls behind on a credit card. The interest spirals. The bank writes her off. Then, months later, they file a lawsuit over a number that started as a few thousand and grew like mold in a damp basement. The statement reads like a horror story written by an algorithm — all cold numbers, no humanity. No mention of job loss, medical bills, divorce, or any of the thousand reasons people fall into debt. Just: She owes. We want. Court, make her pay.

And yet, part of us roots for Brittany. Not because she’s innocent — she likely agreed to the terms — but because this feels like David vs. Goliath, if David forgot to pay his Discover card and Goliath hired a law firm in Louisiana to come after him. Capital One has lawyers on retainer. They have recovery departments. They have billing rights summaries longer than the Constitution. Brittany has a P.O. box payment address and a single $100 payment that did absolutely nothing.

Look, debt is real. Contracts are binding. But when a bank charges over $1,000 in interest on an unpaid balance and then sues over the total, it stops feeling like justice and starts feeling like predation. Is Brittany at fault? Probably. But is Capital One the hero of this story? Absolutely not. They’re the final boss in a video game nobody asked to play — and the only power-up Brittany has is the right to contest the charges… if she knows about it, if she shows up, and if she can afford a lawyer.

So here we are. A woman, a credit card, and a courtroom in Tulsa. No guns, no drama, just the quiet, grinding machinery of American debt collection. And the most terrifying part? This isn’t rare. This is happening right now, in hundreds of courtrooms across the country. Welcome to the petty civil industrial complex. Your payment is past due.

Case Overview

$11,665 Demand Petition
Jurisdiction
District Court of Tulsa County, Oklahoma
Relief Sought
$11,665 Monetary
Plaintiffs
Defendants
Claims
# Cause of Action Description
1 Debt Collection Plaintiff seeks judgment against Defendant for debt of $11,665.10

Petition Text

2,389 words
IN THE DISTRICT COURT IN AND FOR TULSA COUNTY STATE OF OKLAHOMA CAPITAL ONE, N.A. PLAINTIFF BRITTANY L CHOQUETTE DEFENDANT(S) PETITION Comes now the Plaintiff, CAPITAL ONE, N.A. ("Plaintiff"), and for its cause of action against the Defendant(s) alleges and states as follows: 1. Plaintiff, CAPITAL ONE, N.A., is and at all times relevant to this action has been a National Association. 2. That the Defendant(s) herein is a resident of Tulsa County, Oklahoma and this Court has jurisdiction of the parties and the subject matter herein. 3. BRITTANY L CHOQUETTE entered into a credit agreement with CAPITAL ONE, N.A.. Defendant's use of the card to make purchases constitutes his/her acceptance to the terms and conditions set forth in said credit agreement. 4. At the time of filing, BRITTANY L CHOQUETTE is justly indebted to CAPITAL ONE, N.A. in the amount of $11,665.10. 5. Counsel for Plaintiff submits that after diligent search, BRITTANY L CHOQUETTE does not serve on active duty in the military. 6. CAPITAL ONE, N.A. is not requesting attorney's fees in this action. 7. The account is past due and payable; demands for payment have been refused; and there are no set-offs or counterclaims. 8. Plaintiff has complied with all the terms, conditions, and provisions of the account and is duly empowered to bring this action. 9. Plaintiff is entitled as a matter of law to a judgment in its favor and against Defendant(s), BRITTANY L CHOQUETTE, for the principal amount due, being $11,665.10. 10. Attached as Exhibit 1 is an account statement showing the balance due. WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, Plaintiff, CAPITAL ONE, N.A., prays for judgment against the Defendant(s), BRITTANY L CHOQUETTE, in the sum of $11,665.10, all costs of court, and all other relief to which the Plaintiff may be entitled. CAPITAL ONE, N.A., PLAINTIFF By: Alexis P. Guerrero, (OBA# 36132) Couch Lambert, LLC Attorneys for Plaintiff 3501 N. Causeway Blvd., Ste. 800 Metairie, LA 70002 Telephone: (504) 838-7747 [email protected] EXHIBIT 1 Payment Information Payment Due Date: PAST DUE For online and phone payments, the deadline is 8pm ET. New Balance: $11,665.10 Minimum Payment Due: $11,665.10 IMPORTANT: Your account has charged off and is now serviced by the Recoveries department at 1-800-258-9319. Your full balance is due. Any payment you make will reduce your balance and help pay off your debt faster. The amount you owe may differ if you've entered into a separate payment agreement. Account Summary Previous Balance: $11,506.11 Payments: -$100.00 Other Credits: $0.00 Transactions: +$0.00 Cash Advances: +$0.00 Fees Charged: +$0.00 Interest Charged: +$258.99 New Balance: = $11,665.10 Available Credit (as of Apr 14, 2025): N/A Account Notifications Welcome to your account notifications. Check back here each month for important updates about your account. Pay or manage your account at capitalone.com Customer Service: 800-227-4825 See reverse for Important Information BRITTANY L CHOQUETTE 2137 E 34TH ST TULSA, OK 74105-2742 Payment Due Date: Past Due Account ending in 3795 New Balance: $11,665.10 Minimum Payment Due: $11,665.10 Amount Enclosed: $ __________ Please send us this portion of your statement and only one check (or one money order) payable to Capital One to ensure your payment is processed promptly. Allow at least seven business days for delivery. Capital One P.O. Box 60519 City of Industry CA 91716-0519 How can I Avoid Paying Interest Charges? If you pay your New Balance in full by the due date each month, we will not charge interest on new transactions that post to the purchase balance. If you have been paying in full without Interest Charges, but fail to pay your next New Balance in full, we will charge interest on the unpaid balance. Interest Charges on Cash Advances and Special Transfers start on the transaction date. Promotional offers may allow you to pay less than the total New Balance and avoid paying interest on new transactions that post to your purchase balance. See the front of your statement for additional information. How is the Interest Charge Determined? Interest Charges accrue from the date of the transaction, date the transaction is processed or the first day of the Billing Cycle. Interest accrues daily on every unpaid amount until it is paid in full. Interest accrued during a Billing Cycle posts to your account at the end of the Billing cycle and appears on your next statement. You may owe Interest Charges even if you pay the entire New Balance one month, but did not do so the prior month. Once you start accruing Interest Charges, you generally must pay your New Balance in full two consecutive Billing Cycles before Interest Charges stop being posted to your Statement. Interest Charges are added to the corresponding segment of your account. Do you assess a Minimum Interest Charge? We may assess a minimum Interest Charge of $0.00 for each Billing Cycle if your account is subject to an Interest Charge. How do you Calculate the Interest Charge? We use a method called Average Daily Balance (including new transactions). 1. First, for each segment we take the beginning balance each day and add in new transactions and the periodic Interest Charge on the previous day's balance. Then we subtract any payments and credits for that segment as of that day. The result is the daily balance for each segment. However, if your previous statement balance was zero or a credit amount, new transactions which post to your purchase segment are not added to the daily balance. 2. Next, for each segment, we add the daily balances together and divide the sum by the number of days in the Billing Cycle. The result is the Average Daily Balance for each segment. 3. At the end of each Billing Cycle, we multiply your Average Daily Balance for each segment by the daily periodic rate (APR divided by 365) for that segment, and then we multiply the result by the number of days in the Billing Cycle. We add the Interest Charges for all segments together. The result is your total Interest Charge for the Billing Cycle. The Average Daily Balance is referred to as the Balance Subject to Interest Rate in the Interest Charge Calculation section of this Statement. NOTE: Due to rounding or a minimum Interest Charge, this calculation may vary slightly from the Interest Charge actually assessed. How can I Avoid Membership Fees? If a Renewal Notice is printed on this statement, you may avoid paying an annual membership Fee by contacting Customer Service fewer than 40 days after the annual membership Fee was assessed to request that we close your account. To avoid paying a monthly membership Fee, close your account and we will stop assessing your monthly membership Fee. How can I Close My Account? You can contact Customer Service anytime to request that we close your account. How do you Process Payments? When you make a payment, you authorize us to initiate an ACH or electronic payment that will be debited from your bank account or other related account. When you provide a check or check information to make a payment, you authorize us to use information from the check to make a one-time ACH or other electronic transfer from your bank account. We may also process it as a check transaction. Funds may be withdrawn from your bank account as soon as the same day we process your payment. How do you Apply My Payment? We generally apply payments up to your Minimum Payment first to the balance with the lowest APR (including 0% APR), and then to balances with higher APRs. We apply any part of your payment exceeding your Minimum Payment to the balance with the highest APR, and then to balances with lower APRs. Billing Rights Summary (Does not Apply to Small Business Accounts) What To Do If You Think You Find A Mistake On Your Statement: If you think there is an error on your statement, write to us at: P.O. Box 30285, Salt Lake City, UT 84130-0285. In your letter, give us the following information: • Account information: Your name and account number. • Dollar amount: The dollar amount of the suspected error. • Description of Problem: If you think there is an error on your bill, describe what you believe is wrong and why you believe it is a mistake. You must contact us within 60 days after the error appeared on your statement. You must notify us of any potential errors in writing. You may call us or notify us electronically, but if you do we are not required to investigate any potential errors and you may have to pay the amount in question. We will notify you in writing within 30 days of our receipt of your letter. While we investigate whether or not there has been an error, the following are true: • We cannot try to collect the amount in question, or report you as delinquent on that amount. The charge in question may remain on your statement, and we may continue to charge you interest on that amount. But, if we determine that we made a mistake, you will not have to pay the amount in question or any interest or other fees related to that amount. • While you do not have to pay the amount in question until we send you a notice about the outcome of our investigation, you are responsible for the remainder of your balance. • We can apply any unpaid amount against your credit limit. Within 90 days of our receipt of your letter, we will send you a written notice explaining either that we corrected the error (to appear on your next statement) or the reasons we believe the bill is correct. Your Rights If You Are Dissatisfied With Your Purchase: If you are dissatisfied with the goods or services that you have purchased with your credit card, and you have tried in good faith to correct the problem with the merchant, you may have the right not to pay the remaining amount due on the purchase. To use this right, the following must be true: 1) You must have used your credit card for the purchase. Purchases made with cash advances from an ATM or with a check that accesses your credit card account do not qualify; and 2) You must not yet have fully paid for the purchase. If all of the criteria above are met and you are still dissatisfied with the purchase, contact us in writing at: P.O. Box 30285, Salt Lake City, UT 84130-0285. While we investigate, the same rules apply to the disputed amount as discussed above. After we finish our investigation, we will tell you our decision. At that point, if we think you owe an amount and you do not pay we may report you as delinquent. Pay online at capitalone.com Pay using the Capital One mobile app Customer Service 800-227-4825 Changing your mailing address? You can change your address by signing into your account online or by calling Customer Service. Any written request on this form will not be honored. How do I Make Payments? You may make your payment in several ways: 1. Online Banking by logging into your account; 2. Capital One Mobile Banking app for approved electronic devices; 3. Calling the telephone number listed on the front of this statement and providing the required payment information; 4. Sending mail payments to the address on the front of this statement with the payment coupon or your account information. When will you Credit My Payment? ♦ For mobile, online or over the phone, as of the business day we receive it, as long as it is made by 8 p.m. ET. ♦ For mail, as of the business day we receive it, as long as it is received by 5 p.m. local time at our processing center. You must send the bottom portion of this statement and your check to the payment address on the front of this statement. Please allow at least seven (7) business days for mail delivery. Mailed payments received by us at any other location or payments in any other form may not be credited as of the day we receive them. © 2023 Capital One. Capital One is a federally registered service mark Transactions BRITTANY L CHOQUETTE #3795: Payments, Credits and Adjustments <table> <tr> <th>Trans Date</th> <th>Post Date</th> <th>Description</th> <th>Amount</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Mar 27</td> <td>Mar 27</td> <td>CAPITAL ONE MOBILE PYMTAuthDate 27-Mar</td> <td>$100.00</td> </tr> </table> BRITTANY L CHOQUETTE #3795: Transactions <table> <tr> <th>Trans Date</th> <th>Post Date</th> <th>Description</th> <th>Amount</th> </tr> </table> <table> <tr> <th>Trans Date</th> <th>Post Date</th> <th>Description</th> <th>Amount</th> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">Total Fees for This Period</td> <td>$0.00</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">Interest Charge on Purchases</td> <td>$258.99</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">Interest Charge on Cash Advances</td> <td>$0.00</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">Interest Charge on Other Balances</td> <td>$0.00</td> </tr> <tr> <td colspan="3">Total Interest for This Period</td> <td>$258.99</td> </tr> </table> <table> <tr> <td>Total Fees charged</td> <td>$95.00</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Total Interest charged</td> <td>$1,033.22</td> </tr> </table> Interest Charge Calculation Your Annual Percentage Rate (APR) is the annual interest rate on your account. <table> <tr> <th>Type of Balance</th> <th>Annual Percentage Rate (APR)</th> <th>Balance Subject to Interest Rate</th> <th>Interest Charged</th> </tr> <tr> <td>Purchases</td> <td>27.24% P</td> <td>$11,567.74</td> <td>$258.99</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Cash Advances</td> <td>27.24% P</td> <td>$0.00</td> <td>$0.00</td> </tr> </table> Variable APRs: If you have a letter code displayed next to any of the above APRs, this means they are variable APRs. They may increase or decrease based on one of the following indices (reported in The Wall Street Journal) as described below. <table> <tr> <th>Code next to your APR(s)</th> <th>How do we calculate your APR(s)?</th> <th>When your APR(s) will change</th> </tr> <tr> <td>P</td> <td>Prime Rate + margin</td> <td>The first day of the Billing Cycles that end in Jan., April, July and Oct.</td> </tr> <tr> <td>L</td> <td>3 month LIBOR + margin</td> <td></td> </tr> <tr> <td>D</td> <td>Prime Rate + margin</td> <td>The first day of each Billing Cycle</td> </tr> <tr> <td>F</td> <td>1 month LIBOR + margin</td> <td></td> </tr> </table> Protect yourself from scams. When dealing with uninvited contacts from people, businesses, or social networking sites, always use caution. www.capitalone.com/stopscams
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