Case Name: Robert VAN ZANDT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Russell STANALAND, Defendant-Appellee
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2013-05-22
Citations: 520 F. App'x 493
Docket Number: No. 12-15479
Parties: Robert VAN ZANDT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Russell STANALAND, Defendant-Appellee.
Judges: Before: LEAVY, THOMAS, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 520
Pages: 493–494

Head Matter:
Robert VAN ZANDT, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Russell STANALAND, Defendant-Appellee.
No. 12-15479.
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted May 14, 2013.
Filed May 22, 2013.
Robert Van Zandt, San Francisco, CA, pro se.
Russell Stanaland, San Mateo, CA, pro se.
Before: LEAVY, THOMAS, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R.App. P. 34(a)(2).

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Robert Van Zandt appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing his action alleging that defendant Russell Sta-naland, an attorney, violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA") and the Fair Credit Reporting Act ("FCRA") by recording an abstract of a state court judgment. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo. Knievel v. ESPN, 393 F.3d 1068, 1072 (9th Cir.2005). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Van Zandt's FDCPA claim because Van Zandt failed to allege facts showing that the abstract of judgment was a "debt" under the FDCPA. 15 U.S.C. § 1692a(5) (defining "debt" as "any obligation or alleged obligation of a consumer to pay money arising out of a transaction in which the money, property, insurance, or services which are the subject of the transaction are primarily for personal, family, or household purposes"); see also Turner v. Cook, 362 F.3d 1219, 1226-28 (9th Cir.2004) (a tort judgment was not a debt within the meaning of the FDCPA, and the FDCPA did not apply, because the judgment did not arise from a consumer transaction).
The district court properly dismissed Van Zandt's FCRA claim because Van Zandt failed to allege facts showing that Stanaland furnished inaccurate information to a credit reporting agency. See 15 U.S.C. § 1681s-2(a) (prohibiting a person from knowingly furnishing inaccurate information relating to a consumer to a credit reporting agency).
The district court did not abuse its discretion in dismissing without leave to amend because the deficiencies in Van Zandt's complaint could not be cured by amendment. See Lopez v. Smith, 203 F.3d 1122, 1130-31 (9th Cir.2000) (en banc) (setting forth standard of review and explaining that leave to amend should be given unless the deficiencies in the complaint cannot be cured by amendment).
The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying Van Zandt's motion for relief from judgment because the intervening order in the underlying state court action has no bearing on the merits of Van Zandt's claims. See Sch. Dist. No. 1J, Multnomah Cnty., Or. v. ACandS, Inc., 5 F.Ed 1255, 1262-63 (9th Cir.1993) (setting forth standard of review and grounds for relief from judgment under Fed.R.Civ.P. 60(b)).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.