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Timestamp: 2019-09-19 05:14:29
Document Index: 322883950

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 1915', '§1692', '§ 62', '§ 62', '§ 47', '§ 245', '§ 1983', '§ 1985', '§ 1985']

FindACase™ | Glenn-Lopez v. Mangrum
NIA GLENN-LOPEZ, Plaintiff,
JASON S. MANGRUM; BO LUXMAN; BENJAMIN WILLIAM PERRY; HEATHER HOWELL WRIGHT; JOHN W. STUART; KEN BIANCO; OCWEN LOAN SERVICING, LLC; DUETSHCE BANK NATIONAL TRUST CO.; AMERIQUEST MORTGAGE SECURITIES, INC., Defendants.
Before the Court is the United States Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation that Plaintiff's pro se Complaint (ECF No. 1) be dismissed pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915 for failure to state a claim upon which relief may be granted. (ECF No. 10.) United States Magistrate Judge Charmiane G. Claxton submitted her Report and Recommendation on January 31, 2019. (Id.) Plaintiff filed a “Response to Defendants' Motion to Dismiss” on February 14, 2019. (ECF No. 11.) The Court construes Plaintiff's “Response” as her objections to the Magistrate Judge's Report. Having reviewed the Magistrate Judge's Report and Recommendation de novo and the entire record of the proceedings, the Court hereby ADOPTS the Report. Plaintiff's Complaint is DISMISSED.
Plaintiff asserted the following causes of action: (1) that Ameriquest Mortgage Securities, Inc. (“Ameriquest”), Ocwen Loan Servicing (“Ocwen”), and Deutshce Bank National Trust Co. (“Deutshce”) be ordered to provide an account “for monies purportedly owed . . . and payments made by Plaintiff (ECF No. 1 at 12-13); (2) that Ameriquest, Ocwen, Duetshce, Jason Mangrum, Benjamin Perry, and Heather Wright violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”), 15 U.S.C. §1692, et seq. (EC No. 1 at 25); that “Defendants” violated Tennessee Code Annotated § 62-20-102(3) and § 62-20-115(b)(5), which Plaintiff refers to as the “Tennessee Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, ” but which is officially titled the Tennessee Collection Service Act (“TCSA”); (4) that Defendants violated the Tennessee Consumer Protection Act, Tennessee Code Annotated § 47-18-104 (“TCPA”); (5) that Ocwen, Duetshce, and Ameriquest committed invasion of privacy by illegally obtaining Plaintiff's consumer credit reports; (6) that Ocwen, Duetshce, and Ameriquest violated 18 U.S.C. § 245; (7) that Ocwen, Duetshce, and Ameriquest violated 18 U.S.C. § 1983 by depriving Plaintiff of her rights under Article 1, Sections 17 and 21 of the Tennessee Constitution; (8) that Ocwen, Duetshce, and Ameriquest violated 42 U.S.C. § 1985 by conspiring to interfere with her civil rights; (9) that Ocwen, Duetshce, and Ameriquest “induced and produced any and all contracts they allege exist . . . through fraud, coercion, misrepresentation, and non-disclosure”; and (10) that Ocwen, Duetshce, and Ameriquest have committed grand larceny against the estate.
With regard to Plaintiff's FDCPA claims, Plaintiff only conclusorily alleged that Ocwen, Ameriquest, and Deutsche bank are debt collectors. Such a conclusory allegation is insufficient. As to the attorney-Defendants, Plaintiff has stated no facts to support the assertion that the attorneys were “debt collectors” within the meaning of the FDCPA. Further, Plaintiff failed to allege facts amounting to acts or omissions prohibited by the FDCPA. Because Plaintiff failed to plead facts necessary to support her FDCPA claim, Magistrate Judge Claxton correctly concluded that Plaintiff failed to state a claim upon which relief may be granted.
Plaintiff is also unable to proceed with her claim pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1985. While section 1985 claims can proceed against a private actor-unlike section 1983 claims-who deprives a person of her constitutional rights, such a deprivation is not before the Court in this case. Plaintiff fails to set forth any facts in her Complaint to support a section 1985 claim. Therefore, the Court agrees with Magistrate Judge Claxton that Plaintiff's section 1985 claim must be dismissed.
Plaintiff also attempts to bring a criminal theft claim against Defendants. As stated by Magistrate Judge Claxton, “[C]riminal offenses may only be brought by a prosecuting authority and contain no private right of action.” (ECF No. 10 at 15.) Because Plaintiff is a private party, her claim for grand larceny must be dismissed.
Finally, the Court agrees with Magistrate Judge Claxton as to Plaintiff's various other unsubstantiated claims. Because the Court finds no cognizable claims, the remaining portions of Plaintiff's Complaint are also dismissed for ...