Case Name: Janell GOMES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2017-11-20
Citations: 703 F. App'x 567
Docket Number: No. 12-16754
Parties: Janell GOMES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before: CANBY, TROTT, and GRABER, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Federal Appendix
Volume: 703
Pages: 567–568

Head Matter:
Janell GOMES, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.; BAC Home Loans Servicing, LP, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 12-16754
United States Court of Appeals, Ninth Circuit.
Submitted November 15, 2017
Filed November 20, 2017
Janell Gomes, Pro Se
Kasey Curtis, Reed Smith LLP, Los Angeles, CA, Elena. 0, Gekker, Reed Smith LLP, San Francisco, CA, for Defendants-Appellees
Before: CANBY, TROTT, and GRABER, 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
This matter has been stayed since February 2, 2015 pending resolution of Ho v. ReconTrust Co., N.A., No. 10-56884, Park v. Lehman Brothers Bank, FSB, No. 11-65473, or Park v. Quality Loan Service Corp., No. 12-56450, or further order of the court. We hereby lift the stay. j
Janell Gomes appeals pro se from the district court's judgment dismissing her action alleging violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act and state law 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). Hebbe v. Pliler, 627 F.3d 338, 341 (9th Cir. 2010). We affirm.
The district court properly dismissed Gomes's action because Gomes failed to allege facts sufficient to state a plausible claim. See Ashcroft v. Iqbal, 656 U.S. 662, 678, 681, 129 S.Ct. 1937, 173 L.Ed.2d 868 (2009) (to avoid dismissal, "a complaint must contain sufficient factual matter, accepted as true, to state a claim to relief that is. plausible on its face" and conclusory allegations are not entitled to be assumed true) (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)).
We do not consider 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).
AFFIRMED.
This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3.