Warren v. RJM Acquisitions LLC et al

Filing 37

ORDER ADOPTING REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS: IT IS ORDERED that the 32 Report and Recommendation is ACCEPTED AND ADOPTED as the findings of fact and conclusions of law by this Court. Defendants 15 Motion to Dismiss is GRANTED, and Counts 1, 4, 5 an d 6 of the Amended Complaint are dismissed. This matter is referred back to Magistrate Judge Leslie A. Bowman for further proceedings and report and recommendation on the remaining Counts 2, 3 and 7 of the Amended Complaint. Signed by Senior Judge Frank R Zapata on 8/23/12.(BAC)

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1 2 3 4 5 6 IN THE UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT 7 FOR THE DISTRICT OF ARIZONA 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ) ) ) Plaintiff, ) ) vs. ) ) RJM Acquisitions, LLC, a New York company; Jamie Rozansky, individually, ) and as an officer of RJM Acquisitions, ) ) LLC, ) ) Defendants. ) ) Delemas C. Warren, No. CV 11-376-TUC-FRZ (LAB) ORDER 16 17 18 Before the Court for consideration is Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss and the Report 19 and Recommendation of the Magistrate Judge recommending that the Court, after its 20 independent review of the record, enter an order granting the Motion to Dismiss, thereby 21 dismissing Counts 1, 4, 5 and 6 of the Amended Complaint, pursuant to Rule 12(b)(b) of the 22 Federal Rules of Civil Procedure, as requested. 23 The Amended Complaint filed by Plaintiff Delemas C. Warren pro se on August 4, 24 2011, alleges seven counts against RJM Acquisitions, LLC and Jamie Rozansky, alleging 25 that the debt collection attempts of Defendants violated (1)(a) the Arizona Collection Agency 26 Statute, (b) the Statute of Frauds, and (c) the Uniform Commercial Code, as alleged in Count 27 1; the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, alleged in Count 2; the Fair Credit Reporting Act, 28 alleged in Count 3; Regulation Z of the Consumer Credit Protection Act, alleged in Count 1 4; the Graham-Leach-Biley Act, alleged in Count 5; and the Federal Trade Commission Act, 2 as alleged in Count 6. Plaintiff also alleges, in Count 7, a claim for intentional infliction of 3 emotional distress and mental anguish. 4 This matter was referred to Magistrate Judge Glenda E. Edmonds, pursuant to the 5 provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b), Rule 72, Fed.R.Civ.P., and Local Rules 72.1 and 72.2 of 6 the Rules of Practice of the United States District Court for the District of Arizona, for 7 further proceedings and report and recommendation. 8 Magistrate Judge Edmonds issued her Report and Recommendation on March 26, 9 2012, recommending the dismissal of Counts 1, 4, 5, and 6 on the bases there is no private 10 right of action for a violation of the Arizona Collection Agency Statutes; no private right of 11 action for a violation of the Graham-Leach-Biley Act and the Federal Trade Commission 12 Act; Regulation Z only applies to creditors, which the Defendants as debt collectors, are not; 13 and that the Statute of Frauds and the Uniform Commercial Code do not support a cause of 14 action. The Report and Recommendation sets forth an analysis of the issues under the 15 appropriate legal standards applicable to the claims alleged in Counts 1, 4, 5 and 6. 16 Plaintiff filed his timely Objection to Magistrate’s Orders/Report and 17 Recommendation (Doc. 33), setting forth in detail his objections to the findings of the 18 Magistrate Judge set forth in the Report and Recommendation. 19 The Court finds, after consideration of the matters presented and an independent 20 review of the record herein, including Plaintiff’s extensive objection, that the Report and 21 Recommendation shall be adopted and Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss shall be granted in 22 accordance with the recommendations and findings set forth therein. 23 Based on the foregoing, 24 IT IS ORDERED that the Report and Recommendation (Doc. 32) of Magistrate Judge 25 Edmonds is hereby ACCEPTED AND ADOPTED as the findings of fact and conclusions 26 of law by this Court; 27 28 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Defendants’ Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 15) is GRANTED; -2- 1 2 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that Counts 1, 4, 5 and 6 of the Amended Complaint are dismissed; 3 IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that this matter is referred back to Magistrate Judge 4 Leslie A. Bowman,1 pursuant to the provisions of 28 U.S.C. § 636(b), Rule 72, Fed.R.Civ.P., 5 and Local Rules 72.1 and 72.2 for further proceedings and report and recommendation on 6 the remaining Counts 2, 3 and 7 of the Amended Complaint. 7 8 DATED this 23rd day of August, 2012. 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 1 28 The referral in this case was reassigned to the newly appointed Honorable Magistrate Judge Leslie A. Bowman on June 22, 2012 (Doc. 35). -3-

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