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Lucore v. Zeff

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Nov 18, 2020
No. 18-56050 (9th Cir. Nov. 18, 2020)

Opinion

No. 18-56050

11-18-2020

JUDY LYNNE LUCORE; STEVEN HARRY LUCORE, Sr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MICHAEL DAVID ZEFF; et al., Defendants-Appellees.


NOT FOR PUBLICATION

D.C. No. 3:15-cv-00910-JLS-MDD MEMORANDUM Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California
Janis L. Sammartino, District Judge, Presiding Before: THOMAS, Chief Judge, TASHIMA and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.

This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.

Judy Lynne Lucore and Steven Harry Lucore, Sr. appeal pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing their action alleging Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA") claims. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim. Kwan v. SanMedica Int'l, 854 F.3d 1088, 1093 (9th Cir. 2017). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed the Lucores' FDCPA claims under 15 U.S.C. §§ 1692e(5), 1692e(10), 1692e(2)(A), and 1692f(1) because the Lucores failed to allege facts sufficient to show any acts beyond attempts to repossess the property in the course of the unlawful detainer proceedings. See Barnes v. Routh Crabtree Olsen PC, 963 F.3d 993, 999 (9th Cir. 2020) ("[A] plaintiff must identify something beyond the mere enforcement of a security interest to establish that the defendants are acting as debt collectors subject to the FDCPA's broad code of conduct."); see also Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009) (to avoid dismissal, "a complaint must contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face" (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)).

We do not consider arguments and allegations raised for the first time on appeal. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009).

Defendant Nationstar Mortgage LLC's unopposed motion to dismiss the appeal as to Nationstar Mortgage LLC (Docket Entry No. 30) is granted.

All other requests are denied.

AFFIRMED.


Summaries of

Lucore v. Zeff

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
Nov 18, 2020
No. 18-56050 (9th Cir. Nov. 18, 2020)
Case details for

Lucore v. Zeff

Case Details

Full title:JUDY LYNNE LUCORE; STEVEN HARRY LUCORE, Sr., Plaintiffs-Appellants, v…

Court:UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

Date published: Nov 18, 2020

Citations

No. 18-56050 (9th Cir. Nov. 18, 2020)

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