Case Name: Paul WAGNER IV; Monica Wagner, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NATIONAL DEFAULT SERVICING CORPORATION; U.S. Bank, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2018-02-27
Citations: 713 F. App'x 703
Docket Number: No. 15-16267
Parties: Paul WAGNER IV; Monica Wagner, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NATIONAL DEFAULT SERVICING CORPORATION; U.S. Bank, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: LEAVY, FERNANDEZ, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 713
Pages: 703–704

Head Matter:
Paul WAGNER IV; Monica Wagner, Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. NATIONAL DEFAULT SERVICING CORPORATION; U.S. Bank, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 15-16267
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted February 13, 2018
Filed February 27, 2018
Paul Wagner, IV, Pro Se
Monica Wagner, Pro Se
Gregory L. Wilde, Esquire, Tiffany & Bosco, P.A., Las Vegas, NV, for Defendant-Appellee National Default Servicing Corporation
Kelly Harrison Dove, Esquire, Attorney, Andrew Martin Jacobs, Esquire, Attorney, Snell & Wilmer, LLP, Las Vegas, NV, for Defendant-Appellee U.S. Bank
Before: LEAVY, FERNANDEZ, 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
Paul Wagner IV and Monica Wagner appeal pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing their action alleging Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA") claims. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a district court's dismissal under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). Cervantes v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., 656 F.3d 1034, 1040 (9th Cir. 2011). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed the Wagners'- action because the communications at issue do not constitute attempts to collect a debt under the FDCPA. See Ho v. ReconTrust Co., NA, 858 F.3d 568, 572 (9th Cir. 2017) ("[Ajctions taken to facilitate a non-judicial foreclosure, such as sending the notice of default and notice of sale, are not attempts to collect 'debt' as that term is defined by the FDCPA."); Dowers v. Nationstar Mortg., LLC, 852 F.3d 964, 970 (9th Cir. 2017) (explaining that "while the FDCPA regulates security interest enforcement activity, it does so only through Section 1692f(6)," and that "[a]s for the remaining FDCPA provisions, 'debt collection' refers only to the collection of a money debt").
We do not consider matters not properly raised before the district court, or matters not specifically and distinctly raised and argued in the opening brief. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009).
We reject as without merit the Wagners' contentions related to Mortgage Electronic Registration Systems, Inc., securitization of the loan, NDSC's joinder in the motion to dismiss, and the Wagners' entitlement to discovery and a jury trial.
The Wagners' motion for default judgment (Docket Entry No. 6) is denied.
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.