Goad v. MCT Group

Full title: SHADRACK S. GOAD, Plaintiff - Appellant, v. MCT GROUP; et al., Defendants…

Court: United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit

Date published: May 29, 2014

576 F. App'x 707 (9th Cir. 2014)

Opinion

Submitted May 13, 2014 ^**

** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).

NOT FOR PUBLICATION. (See Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure Rule 32.1)

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California. D.C. No. 3:09-cv-01321-BTM-POR. Barry T. Moskowitz, Chief Judge, Presiding.

For Shadrack S. Goad, Plaintiff - Appellant: Robert L. Hyde, Esquire, Attorney, Joshua Swigart, Hyde & Swigart, San Diego, CA.

For Mct Group, Defendant - Appellee: Robert Lawrence Susnow, Law Offices of Robert L. Susnow APC, Beverly Hills, CA.

For Law Offices of Robert L. Susnow, Defendant - Appellee: Tim Jude Vanden Heuvel, Lewis Brisbois Bisgaard & Smith LLP, San Diego, CA.

For Mission Federal Credit Union, Defendant - Appellee: Negin A. Demehry, Mark Hubert Nys, Esquire, Klinedinst P.C., San Diego, CA.

Before: CLIFTON, BEA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.

MEMORANDUM ^*

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.

Shadrack S. Goad appeals from the district court's judgment on the pleadings in his action alleging violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (" FDCPA" ) and the California Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (" RFDCPA" ). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. MacDonald v. Grace Church Seattle, 457 F.3d 1079, 1081 (9th Cir. 2006). We affirm.

The district court properly granted judgment on the pleadings because the Bankruptcy Code precludes Goad's claims. See Walls v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., 276 F.3d 502, 504, 510-11 (9th Cir. 2002) (holding that a discharged debtor may not bring a claim under the FDCPA regarding violation of a bankruptcy discharge injunction because it would " circumvent the Bankruptcy Code's remedial scheme" ); see also Cal. Civ. Code § 1788.17 (the RFDCPA's incorporation by reference of the FDCPA). We do not consider arguments raised for the first time on appeal. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009) (per curiam).

AFFIRMED.