Local man sues over unwanted text messages after suing over unwanted phone calls

Keith Matthews really doesn't like spam texts and junk calls.

In July, he sued a Utah company for three junk calls. This week, he sued a California company that he claims had an autodialer send him two text messages immediately after he used his cell phone to call the real-estate broker whose number was listed on a sign outside a house he was interested in.

In his suit, filed in US District Court in Boston, Matthews alleges that Realbird, Inc., of Redwood City, CA., violated the federal Telephone Consumer Protection Act because he didn't ask for the messages, and the messages gave him no way of opting out of receiving additional message.

Matthews is seeking to become lead plaintiff in a class action against Realbird that would involve everybody who's gotten a text message from it over the past four years.