Case Name: Barbara L. SCHRAMM, an individual; Steven L. Weinstein, an individual, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. J.P. MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., a banking corporation; Chase Home Finance, LLC, a limited liability company, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2016-07-12
Citations: 655 F. App'x 553
Docket Number: No. 14-56284
Parties: Barbara L. SCHRAMM, an individual; Steven L. Weinstein, an individual, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. J.P. MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., a banking corporation; Chase Home Finance, LLC, a limited liability company, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: VANASKIE, MURGUIA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 655
Pages: 553–554

Head Matter:
Barbara L. SCHRAMM, an individual; Steven L. Weinstein, an individual, individually and on behalf of all others similarly situated, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. J.P. MORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., a banking corporation; Chase Home Finance, LLC, a limited liability company, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 14-56284
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted July 7, 2016 Pasadena, California
FILED July 12, 2016
Craig M. Collins, Litigation Counsel, Los Angeles, CA, John Albert Girardi, Gir-ardi Keese, Los Angeles, CA, Anne Marie Huarte, Esquire, Appellate' Counsel, Los Angeles, CA, John Stephen Peterson, Peterson Law Group Professional Corporation, Los Angeles, CA, for Plaintiffs-Appellants Barbara 1. Schramm and Steven L. Weinstein
Joseph Duffy, Esquire, Attorney, David L. Schrader, Esquire, Attorney, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Leonard Gail, Massey & Gail LLP, Chicago, IL, Jonathan S. Massey, Massey & Gail LLP, Washington, DC, for Defendants-Appellees J.P. Morgan Chase Bank, N.A. and Chase Home Finance, LLC
Before: VANASKIE, MURGUIA, and WATFORD, Circuit Judges.
The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2).
The Honorable Thomas I. Vanaskie, United States Circuit Judge for the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, sitting by designation.

Opinion:
MEMORANDUM
Barbara Schramm and Steven Weinstein (collectively, "Schramm") appeal from the district court's entry of judgment in favor of JPMorgan Chase Bank, N.A. ("Chase") following a bench trial on Schramm's class action claim under the California Unfair Competition Law ("UCL"), Cal. Bus. & Prof, Code §. 17200. We have jurisdiction under 28 Ú.S.C. § 1291, and we affirm the judgment of the district court.
On appeal, Schramm argues that Chase's mortgage disclosures were "unlawful" for purposes of the UCL because they failed to comport with the Federal Reserve Board's Staff Interpretation of Regulation Z, which the Federal Reserve Board promulgated to implement the Truth 'in Lending Act ("TILA"), 15 U.S.C. § 1601-1667f. This argument was waived, as Schramm never clearly made it before the district court. See In re E.R. Fegert, Inc., 887 F.2d 955, 957 (9th Cir. 1989). While "[a]n argument is typically elaborated more articulately, with more' extensive authorities, on appeal than in the less focused and frequently more time pressured environment of the trial court," Puerta v. United States, 121 F.3d 1338, 1341-42 (9th Cir. 1997), Schramm's reliance on the staff interpretation is more than just an additional citation. Rather, it is an entirely new theory of liability of which the district court was never put on notice. See Nelson v. Adams USA, Inc., 529 U.S. 460, 469, 120 S.Ct. 1579, 146 L.Ed.2d 530 (2000).
Even if the argument were not waived, the Federal Reserve Board's Staff Interpretation controls only when TILA or Regulation Z are ambiguous, which Schramm does not argue is the case here. See Ford Motor Credit Co. v. Milhollin, 444 U.S. 555, 560, 100 S.Ct. 790, 63 L.Ed.2d 22 (1980); Chase Bank USA N.A. v. McCoy, 562 U.S. 195, 203, 131 S.Ct. 871, 178 L.Ed.2d 716 (2011).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by 9th Cir. R. 36-3.