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A pp ea l fr om the U ni t ed S t at es D i stri ctC ou rt f o rth e C e n tr a l D is tr ic t o f C a lif o rn ia J a m e s V . S e l na , D i s tr i c tJudge , P r e s i di ng S ubm i tt e d S e pt e m be r13, 2010 ** B efo re: S IL V E R M A N , C A L L A H A N , an dN . R . S M IT H , C i rcu i tJu d g es. C a r l N . M a r s c ha l l appe a l s pr o s e f r om the di s tr i c tc ourt ’ s j udgm e nt di sm i ss i ng hi s a ct i on brou gh tun der the fe dera l F ai r D ebtC ol l ec t i on P ra ct i ce s A ct (“ F D C P A ”) and the C al i forni a F ai r D ebtC ol l ec t i on P ra ct i ce s A ct(“ R osenthal 

# FI LED OC T 05 2010 M OLLY C. DW Y ER, CLERK U . S. C O U R T OF APPE ALS08- 56122 2 A c t ” ) . W e ha ve j ur i s di c t i on unde r28 U . S . C . § 1291. W e r e vi e w de novo a d is m is s a l u n d e rF e d . R . C iv . P . 1 2 ( b ) ( 1 ) o r1 2 ( b ) ( 6 ) , A rr i ngton v . W ong , 237 F . 3d 1066, 1069 ( 9th C i r . 2001) , a nd m aya f f i rm on a nygr ound s upport e d bythe r e c or d, U ni te d States v . W

as hi ngton , 5 7 3 F. 3 d7 0 1 , 7 0 6 ( 9 th Ci r . 2 0 0 9 ) . W e a f f i rm. T h e d i stri ctco u rtp ro p erl y d i sm i ssedM arsch al l ’ s i n d i v i du al cl ai m s ag ai n st R e c ove ryS ol ut i on S pe c i a l i s t s , I nc . ( “ R S S ” ) f orl a c k of

s ubj e c tm a tt e rj ur i s di c t i on because R S S ’ s off

erof j ud gm entw as for m ore than M ar sc hal l w as l egal l y e nt i t l ed to r e c o v e r . See 15 U . S . C . § 1 69 2k (a ); C al . C i v. C od e §§ 1 78 8. 17 and 1 78 8. 30 (b); Cha ngv. U

ni ted States , 32 7 F . 3d 91 1, 91 9 (9th C i r. 20 03 ) ( ca se i s m oo tw here the r e r e m a i ns “ no e f

f e c t i ve r e l i e f

. . . f orthe c ourtt o pr ovi de ” ) . D i s m i s s a l of the c la s s c la im s a g a in s t R S S w a s p r o p e rb e c au s e M ar s c h a ll h a dar e a s o n ab le o p p o rtu n ityto f

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a ile dto d o s o . See C .D . C a l. R . 2 3 - 3 ; G haz al iv . Moran , 4 6 F .3 d5 2 , 5 3 ( 9 th C ir . 1 9 9 5 ) ( p e rc u r ia m ) ( “O n lyin r a r e c a s e s w i l l w e que s t i on the e xe r c i s e of di s c r e t i on i n c onne c t i on w i th the ap p lic a tio n o f

lo c a l ru le s .” ) ( c ita tio n a n din te rn a l q u o ta tio n m ark s o m itte d ) . T h e d i stri ctco u rtp ro p erl y d i sm i ssedM arsch al l ’ s fed eral cl ai m s ag ai n st C e da r s - S i na i M e di c a l C e nt e r( “ C S M C ” ) be c aus e he a dde d C S M C a s ade f e nda nt a f t e rthe s t a tut e of

l i m i t a t i ons ha d run, a nd thi s a ddi t i on di d notr e l a t e ba c k t o the o r ig in a l c o m p la in t. See 1 5 U .S .C . § 1 6 9 2 k ( d ) ; L i ndle yv . G e ne ral

E le c tr i c C o. , 78008- 56122 3 F . 2d 797, 799 ( 9th C i r . 1986) ( f a i l ur e t o not i f

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the a c t i on w i thi n the t i m e l i m i t s of F e d. R . C i v. P . 15( c ) bar s the a m e n d m e n t) . F i nal l y, di sm i ss alof the st at e c l ai m s a gai nstC S M C for l ac k o f s ubj ec t m a tte rju r is d ic tio n w a s p r o p e ro n c e th e f e d e r a l c la im s w e r e p r o p e r lyd is m is s e d . See 2 8 U .S .C . § 1 3 6 7 ( c ) ( 3 ) ; Sch u l t z v. Su n db erg , 759 F . 2d 714, 718 ( 9th C i r . 1985) ( “G e n e r a lly , d is m is s a l o f f e d e r a l c la im s b e f

o r e tr ia l d ic ta te s th a t th e p e n d e n t s ta te cl ai m s s ho ul d al so be di sm i ss ed”) . W e c on strue the di sm i ss alof the st at e c l ai m s a s b e in g w ith o u t p r e

ju d ic e . See G i niv. L as V egas Metro. P ol i ce D ep’t , 40 F . 3d 1041, 1 0 4 6 ( 9 th C ir . 1 9 9 4 ) ( “W h e n . . . th e c o u rt d is m is s e s th e f e d e r a l c la im le a v in g o n ly s ta te c la im s f

o rr e s o lu tio n , th e c o u rt s h o u ldd e c lin e ju r is d ic tio n o v e rth e s ta te c l a i m s a nd di s m i s s the m w i thoutpr e j udi c e . ” ) ( c i t a t i on and i nt e rna l quot a t i on m arks om i tt ed). M ar sc hal l ’ s r em ai ni ng cont ent i on s are un pers uasi ve. R o n aldN . S ar ian ’s an dA sto r & P h il lip s’s m o ti o n to b e r eliev ed as R S S ’s c ouns e l i s gr a nt e d. AF F I RME D.