FILED
NOT FOR PUBLICATION NOV 26 2012
MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK
UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS U .S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS
FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT
LAWRENCE JAMES SACCATO, No. 11-35895
Plaintiff - Appellant, D.C. No. 6:11-cv-03002-HO
v.
MEMORANDUM *
DISCOVER FINANCIAL SERVICES,
INC.,
Defendant - Appellee.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the District of Oregon
Michael R. Hogan, District Judge, Presiding
Submitted November 13, 2012 **
Before: CANBY, TROTT, and W. FLETCHER, Circuit Judges.
Lawrence James Saccato appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment
dismissing his action alleging violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act
(“FCRA”). We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a
*
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent
except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.
**
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision
without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
district court’s dismissal for failure to state a claim under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6),
Romano v. Bible, 169 F.3d 1182, 1185 (9th Cir. 1999), and we affirm.
The district court properly concluded that 15 U.S.C. § 1681s-2(a) did not
create a private right of action and, thus, Saccato failed to state a claim under this
section. See Gorman v. Wolpoff & Abramson, LLP, 584 F.3d 1147, 1162 (9th Cir.
2009) (holding that 15 U.S.C. § 1681s-2(a) does not create a private right of
action). Saccato’s argument that the 2010 Federal Trade Commission regulations
create a private cause of action is unpersuasive. See 15 U.S.C. § 1681s-2(c)
(excluding violations of “subsection (a) of this section, including any regulations
issued thereunder” from the FCRA’s private enforcement provisions).
The district court properly dismissed Saccato’s action to the extent that it
alleged a violation of 15 U.S.C. § 1681s-2(b) because Saccato failed to allege that
a credit reporting agency (“CRA”) had notified defendant of his dispute. See
Gorman, 584 F.3d at 1154 (“[The duties under subsection (b)] arise only after the
furnisher receives notice of dispute from a CRA; notice of a dispute received
directly from the consumer does not trigger furnishers’ duties under subsection
(b).”).
AFFIRMED.
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