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Gale-Lawrence WEBB, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. CITIMORTGAGE INCORPORATED, named as: CitiMortgage Inc.; et al., Defendants-Appellees.
    No. 11-16902.
    United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
    Submitted Dec. 19, 2012.
    
    Filed Jan. 3, 2013.
    Gale-Lawrence Webb, Tempe, AZ, pro se.
    Sara Virgene Marie Ransom, Ballard Spahr LLP, Paul Dana Cardón, Esquire, David Winthrop Cowles, Leonard McDonald, Jr., Tiffany & Bosco, PA, Phoenix, AZ, for Defendants-Appellees.
    Before: GOODWIN, WALLACE, and FISHER, Circuit Judges.
    
      
       The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).
    
   MEMORANDUM

Gale-Lawrence Webb appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his action arising out of foreclosure proceedings. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. King v. California, 784 F.2d 910, 912 (9th Cir.1986). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed Webb’s Truth in Lending Act claim seeking damages as time-barred because the action was not filed within one year of the alleged violations. See 15 U.S.C. § 1640(e) (an action for damages must be brought within one year of the alleged violation).

The district court properly dismissed Webb’s state law claims against the Bosco defendants because Webb failed to allege facts showing that these defendants breached any obligation under the deed of trust or Arizona law. See Ariz.Rev.Stat. § 33-807(E) (stating that a “trustee is entitled to be immediately dismissed” from any action other than one “pertaining to a breach of the trustee’s obligation”).

The district court properly dismissed Webb’s state law claims against CitiMortgage Inc. based on the substitution of trustee. See Vasquez v. Saxon Mortg., Inc., (In re Vasquez), 228 Ariz.357, 266 P.3d 1053,1056-57 (2011) (concluding that there is no requirement that the beneficiary under a deed of trust record that deed prior to substituting a new trustee and beginning foreclosure proceedings).

Webb’s contentions concerning securiti-zation, a federal land patent, and defendants’ standing to pursue non-judicial foreclosure are unpersuasive.

The district court properly denied Webb’s motion to remand because the district court had federal question jurisdiction and Webb failed to raise any other defects in the removal in a timely manner. See 28 U.S.C. § 1441(a) (allowing removal of a civil action alleging a claim arising under federal law); 28 U.S.C. § 1447(c) (“A motion to remand the case on the basis of any defect other than lack of subject matter jurisdiction must be made within 30 days after the filing of the notice of removal.... ”); Ramirez v. Fox Television Station, Inc., 998 F.2d 743, 747 (9th Cir.1993) (setting forth standard of review).

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