1 16-2893-cv Shetiwy v. Midland Credit Mgmt.

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE SECOND CIRCUIT



## SUMMARY ORDER

Rulings by summary order do not have precedential effect. Cita tion to a summary order filed on or after January 1, 2007, is permitted a nd is governed by Federal Rule of Appellate Procedure 32.1 and this Court’s Local Rule 32.1.1. When citing a summary order in a document filed with this Court, a party mu st cite either the Federal Appendix or an electronic database (with the notation “summa ry order”). A party citing a summary order must serve a copy of it on any party not represented by counsel.

At a stated term of the United States Cour t of Appeals for the Second Circuit, held at the Thurgood Marshall United States Courthouse , 40 Foley Square, in the City of New York, on the 15 th day of December, two thousand seventeen.

PRESENT: J OSÉ A. C ABRANES , D EBRA A. L IVINGSTON , S USAN L. C ARNEY , Circuit Judges.

A MAL S HETIWY , and other similarly situated, L OUIS C. Y EOSTROS , and other similarly situated, J OHN M URPHY , and other similarly situated, P LAMEN P ANKOFT , and other similarly situated, P ATRICIA R. D IFFLEY , S PIROS A RGYROS , J OHANNA A RBELAEZ , N ICHOLAS D OUDALIS , N ICOLE G AGNON , and other similarly situated, S AFET K OLJENOVIC , M AGDI A BDALLA , A HMED H ASSAN , E KATEREINE S KOTEDIS , and other similarly situated, V IELKA V ARGAS , and other similarly situated, R OSE V ILLANEUVA , and other similarly situated,

Plaintiffs-Appellants

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v.2 M IDLAND C REDIT M ANAGEMENT , AKA M IDLAND F UNDING LLC, C AVALRY P ORTFOLIO S ERVICES LLC, D EBT O NE , LLC, CACH, LLC, LVNV F UNDING , LLC, A SSET A CCEPTANCE LLC, FIA C ARD S ERVICES , N.A., C HASE B ANK USA N.A., A MERICAN E XPRESS C OMPANY , B ANK OF A MERICA , N.A., C APITAL O NE F INANCIAL A DVISORS LLC, ARS N ATIONAL S ERVICES I NC ., C ITI G ROUP I NC ., C ITIBANK , N.A., GE C APITAL C ONSUMER L ENDING , I NC ., E QUABLE A SSENT F INANCIAL , LLC, C APITAL O NE F INANCIAL C ORPORATION , C AVALRY SPV I, LLC, P ORTFOLIO R ECOVERY A SSOCIATES , LLC, AKA P ORTFOLIO R ECOVERY ,

Defendants-Appellees

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NCO F INANCIAL S YSTEMS , I NCORPORATED , C APITAL M ANAGEMENT S ERVICES ,

Defendants

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FOR PLAINTIFFS-APPELLANTS: Phillip Jaffe, New York, NY.

FOR DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES Midland Credit Management, AKA Midland Funding, LLC and Asset Acceptance LLC: Casey D. Laffey and Nana Japaridze, Reed Smith LLP, New York, NY.

FOR DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES Cavalry Portfolio Services LLC, Equable Assent Financial, LLC, and Cavalry SPV I, LLC: Donald S. Maurice, Jr., Maurice & Wutscher, LLP, Flemington, NJ.

* The Clerk of the Court is hereby directed to amend the caption as shown above.3 FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLEE DebtOne, LLC: William Raley Alford, III, Stanley, Reuter, Ross, Thornton & Alford, L.L.C., New Orleans, LA.

FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLEE CACH, LLC: Manuel H. Newburger, Barron & Newburger, P.C., Austin, TX, and Jonathan J. Greystone, Spector Gadon & Rosen, P.C., Philadelphia, PA.

FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLEE LVNV Funding, LLC: Concepcion A. Montoya and Kyle M. Medley, Hinshaw & Culbertson LLP, New York, NY.

FOR DEFENDANTS-APPELLEES FIA Card Services, N.A. and Bank of America, N.A.: S. Elaine McChesney and Peter C. Neger, Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP, New York, NY.

FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLEE Chase Bank USA N.A.: Andrew A. Ruffino, Covington & Burling LLP, New York, NY, and Robert D. Wick and Henry B. Liu, Covington & Burling LLP, Washington, DC.

FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLEE American Express Company: Carmine D. Boccuzzi, Jr., Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, New York, NY.

FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLEES Capital One Financial Advisors, LLC and Capital One Financial Corporation: David John Fioccola and Jessica Kaufman, Morrison & Foerster LLP, New York, NY.

FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLEE ARS National Services Inc.: Richard J. Perr, Fineman Krekstein & Harris, Philadelphia, PA.4 FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLEES CitiGroup Inc. and Citibank, N.A.: Stephen C. Robinson, Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, New York, NY.

FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLEE GE Capital Consumer Lending, Inc.: Michael D. Hynes, DLA Piper LLP, New York, NY.

FOR DEFENDANT-APPELLEE Portfolio Recovery Associates, LLC, AKA Portfolio Recovery: Oren D. Langer, Robins, Kaplan L.L.P., New York, NY.

Appeal from a July 25, 2016 order of the Un ited States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Richard J. Sullivan, Judge ).

UPON DUE CONSIDERATION WHEREO F, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, ADJUDGED, AND DECREED that the order be and hereby is AFFIRMED

. Plaintiff-Appellants (“Plaintiffs”) appeal th e District Court’s order of dismissal with prejudice pursuant to Federal Rules of Civil Procedure 16(f) and 41(b).

In this case, Plaintiffs make no arguments conc erning the District Court’s final order in their principal brief. An appellant is deemed to have waiv ed arguable claims on an issue that is not argued in his or her principal brief. See, e.g.

, Gross v. Rell , 585 F.3d 72, 95 (2d Cir. 2009). Accordingly, the District Court’s order of July 25, 2016 is affirmed.

CONCLUSION

We AFFIRM the District Court’s order of July 25, 2016.

FOR THE COURT: Catherine O’Hagan Wolfe, Clerk