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8 UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
9 SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF CALIFORNIA
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11 DOMINIC MIRAGLIA, Case No.: 24-cv-00988-H-JLB
12 Plaintiff,
ORDER GRANTING, IN PART, AND
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DEFENDANT’S MOTION TO
14 PENNSYLVANIA HIGHER
DISMISS
EDUCATION ASSISTANCE AGENCY,
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Defendants. [Doc. No. 10.]
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On June 5, 2024, Plaintiff Dominic Miraglia (“Plaintiff”) filed a complaint against
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Defendant Pennsylvania Higher Education Assistance Agency (“PHEAA”). (Doc. No. 1
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(“Compl.”).) On August 15, 2024, PHEAA filed a motion to dismiss the complaint
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pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim. (Doc. No.
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10.) On September 23, 2024, Plaintiff filed a response to PHEAA’s motion to dismiss.
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(Doc. No. 14.) On September 24, 2024, the Court took the matter under submission. (Doc.
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No. 15.) On September 30, 2024, PHEAA filed a reply. (Doc. No. 16.) For the reasons
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below, the Court grants, in part, and denies, in part, PHEAA’s motion to dismiss without
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Background
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The following factual background is taken from the allegations in Plaintiff’s
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1 complaint. Plaintiff is a resident of California. (Compl. ¶ 4.) PHEAA is a company that
2 regularly attempts to collect debt using the name American Education Services (“AES”).
3 (Compl. ¶¶ 8–9.) On or about June 2006, PHEAA granted Plaintiff an extension of credit.
4 (Compl. ¶ 17.) On July 30, 2022, Plaintiff filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in the Bankruptcy
5 Court for the Southern District of California. (Id. ¶ 32.) Plaintiff listed PHEAA, under the
6 name AES, as a creditor in its bankruptcy filings. (Id. ¶ 33.) On November 2, 2022, the
7 bankruptcy court entered a discharge order in Plaintiff’s Chapter 7 case and electronically
8 notified all of Plaintiff’s creditors, including PHEAA, of the same. (Id. ¶¶ 34–35.)
9 Following notification of the discharge, PHEAA failed to report to credit reporting
10 agencies that Plaintiff’s $7,793 in debt owed to it was discharged in bankruptcy and
11 continued to attempt to collect the debt. (Id. ¶¶ 36–37.)
12 On January 18, 2023, Plaintiff notified PHEAA that he was represented by an
13 attorney and wished to cease further communications with it. (Id. ¶¶ 18, 20.) Plaintiff
14 received at least 14 total communications, including at least five phone calls, from PHEAA
15 after January 18, 2023. (Id. ¶¶ 21, 23.)
16 On June 5, 2024, Plaintiff filed his complaint against PHEAA, alleging claims for:
17 (1) violations of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”), 15 U.S.C. §§ 1692 et
18 seq.; (2) violations of the Rosenthal Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“Rosenthal Act”),
19 California Civil Code §§ 1788 et seq.; (3) violations of the Telephone Consumer Protection
20 Act (“TCPA”), 47 U.S.C. §§ 227 et seq.; (4) violations of the Fair Credit Reporting Act
21 (“FCRA”), 15 U.S.C. §§ 1681 et seq.; and (5) intrusion upon seclusion. (Compl. ¶¶ 35–
22 74.) PHEAA moves pursuant to Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) to dismiss
23 Plaintiff’s complaint in its entirety for failure to state a claim.
24 Discussion
25 I. Legal Standards for a Rule 12(b)(6) Motion to Dismiss
26 A motion to dismiss under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) tests the legal
27 sufficiency of the pleadings and allows a court to dismiss a complaint if the plaintiff has
28 failed to state a claim upon which relief can be granted. See Conservation Force v. Salazar,
1 646 F.3d 1240, 1242 (9th Cir. 2011) (citing Navarro v. Block, 250 F.3d 729, 732 (9th Cir.
2 2001)). Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 8(a)(2) requires that a pleading contain “a short
3 and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief.” The function
4 of this pleading requirement is to give the defendant fair notice of the claim is its grounds.
5 Bell Atl. Corp. v. Twombly, 550 U.S. 544, 555 (2007) (quoting Conley v. Gibson, 355
6 U.S. 41, 47 (1957)).
7 A complaint will survive a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss if it contains “enough
8 facts to state a claim to relief that is plausible on its face.” Id. at 570. “A claim has facial
9 plausibility when the plaintiff pleads factual content that allows the court to draw the
10 reasonable inference that the defendant is liable for the misconduct alleged.” Ashcroft v.
11 Iqbal, 556 U.S. 662, 678 (2009). Dismissal for failure to state a claim is proper where the
12 claim “lacks a cognizable legal theory or sufficient facts to support a cognizable legal
13 theory.” Mendiondo v. Centinela Hosp. Med. Ctr., 521 F.3d 1097, 1104 (9th Cir. 2008);
14 see Los Angeles Lakers, Inc. v. Fed. Ins. Co., 869 F.3d 795, 800 (9th Cir. 2017).
15 In reviewing a Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss, a district court must “accept the
16 factual allegations of the complaint as true and construe them in the light most favorable
17 to the plaintiff.” Los Angeles Lakers, 869 F.3d at 800 (quoting AE ex rel. Hernandez v.
18 Cty. of Tulare, 666 F.3d 631, 636 (9th Cir. 2012)).
19 If the court dismisses a complaint for failure to state a claim, it must then determine
20 whether to grant leave to amend. See Doe v. United States, 58 F.3d 494, 497 (9th Cir.
21 1995); Telesaurus VPC, LLC v. Power, 623 F.3d 998, 1003 (9th Cir. 2010). Courts may
22 deny leave to amend where the “allegation of other facts consistent with the challenged
23 pleading could not possibly cure the deficiency.” Telesaurus, 623 F.3d at 1003 (quoting
24 Schreiber Distrib. Co. v. Serv-Well Furniture Co., 806 F.2d 1393, 1401 (9th Cir. 1986)).
25 II. Analysis
26 A. Ninth Circuit Precedent
27 PHEAA argues all of Plaintiff’s claims should be dismissed because they are
28 foreclosed by Ninth Circuit precedent as articulated in Walls v. Wells Fargo Bank, N.A.,
1 276 F.3d 502 (9th Cir. 2002). (Doc. No. 10 at 4–5.) As such, PHEAA argues, Plaintiff
2 may only challenge PHEAA’s conduct in the bankruptcy court via a contempt proceeding.
3 (Id.) But Plaintiff’s FDCPA and Rosenthal Act claims present two distinct theories, only
4 one of which is precluded by Walls. Further, the Court declines to apply Walls to Plaintiff’s
5 TCPA, FCRA, and intrusion upon seclusion claims.
6 “[A] debtor may not pursue an FDCPA claim based on a violation of the discharge
7 order.” Brown v. Transworld Sys., Inc., 73 F.4th 1030, 1038 (9th Cir. 2023) (citing Walls,
8 276 F.3d at 510–11). Such claims are precluded by the Bankruptcy Code. Walls, 273 F.3d
9 at 510 (“The Bankruptcy Code provides its own remedy for violating § 524, civil contempt
10 under § 105.”). Rosenthal Act claims based on a violation of a discharge order are also
11 precluded by the Bankruptcy Code. See In re McCarther-Morgan, 373 F. App’x 778, 779
12 (9th Cir. 2010) (citing MSR Expl., Ltd. v. Meridian Oil, Inc., 74 F.3d 910, 912–916 (9th
13 Cir. 1996)); Scally v. Ditech Fin., LLC, 2017 WL 371996, at *5 (S.D. Cal. Jan. 26, 2017)
14 (noting that “FDCPA and Rosenthal Act claims . . . based on violations of the discharge
15 injunction [are] precluded by the Bankruptcy Code”).
16 Such claims “ ‘necessarily entail[] bankruptcy-laden determinations,’ which are best
17 left to the bankruptcy court.” Brown, 73 F.4th at 1038 (alteration in original) (quoting
18 Walls, 276 F.3d at 510). But if the question of “whether an unfair debt collection practice
19 occurred does not depend on issuance or enforcement of the discharge order,” the FDCPA
20 and Rosenthal Act claims may proceed. Id. at 1039 (quoting Manikan v. Peters &
21 Freedman, L.L.P., 981 F.3d 712, 716 (9th Cir. 2020)).
22 Plaintiff’s FDCPA and Rosenthal Act claims brought under 15 U.S.C. §§ 1692e–f
23 and Cal. Civ. Code § 1788.17 are based on a theory that PHEAA “attempt[ed] to collect
24 from Plaintiff after notification of Plaintiff’s bankruptcy stay, and . . . attempt[ed] to collect
25 from Plaintiff on a discharged debt.” (Compl. ¶¶ 50, 52, 56.) Such claims would
26 necessarily involve a determination of the scope of the discharge, including whether the
27 debt at issue in this case was in fact discharged. Walls, 276 F.3d at 510; Banks v. Gill Dist.
28 Ctrs., Inc., 263 F.3d 862, 868 (9th Cir. 2001) (noting the determination of whether a debt
1 has been discharged is exclusively within the jurisdiction of the bankruptcy court). These
2 claims fall squarely under Walls and are precluded by the Bankruptcy Code. Walls, 276
3 F.3d at 510–511.
4 Plaintiff’s FDCPA and Rosenthal Act claims brought under 15 U.S.C. § 1692c and
5 Cal. Civ. Code § 1788.14 are based on PHEAA’s continued communications with Plaintiff
6 after he notified PHEAA that he was represented by an attorney and that he wished to cease
7 further communications with it. (See Compl. ¶¶ 45–48.) Even if Plaintiff “had never
8 received a discharge in [his] bankruptcy case, [he] could still assert [PHEAA] acted
9 unlawfully by attempting to collect [his] debt” with persistent unwanted communications.
10 Brown, 73 F.4th at 1039. As such, resolving these claims would not turn on the issuance
11 or existence of the discharge injunction, and so are not precluded by Walls. Manikan, 981
12 F.3d at 716; Brown, 73 F.4th at 1039. PHEAA’s argument fails as to these claims.
13 As to the FCRA, TCPA, and intrusion upon seclusion claims, PHEAA’s only
14 authority in support of its argument that Walls precludes claims other than those brought
15 under the FDCPA and Rosenthal Act is a memorandum decision and recommendation from
16 the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada. (Doc. No. 10 at 5.) The bankruptcy court
17 in that case reasoned that the Walls prohibition applied equally to FCRA, unjust
18 enrichment, and Nevada Deceptive Trade Practices Act claims where those claims were
19 brought as a challenge to discharge injunction violations. See Memorandum Decision &
20 Recommendation, Davis v. KeyBank, N.A., No. 18-16836-HLB, 2024 BL 216982 (Bankr.
21 D. Nev. May 10, 2024); see also Davis v. KeyBank, N.A., 2024 WL 3106830 (D. Nev.
22 June 21, 2024) (adopting the bankruptcy court’s recommendation). The Court is not aware
23 of any other authorities that arrive at a similar conclusion.
24 Furthermore, unlike in Davis v. KeyBank, the allegations underlying Plaintiff’s
25 TCPA and intrusion upon seclusion claims do not concern the issuance or enforcement of
26 the discharge injunction. Rather, they concern PHEAA’s continued communications with
27 Plaintiff after he notified it he wished to cease further contact regarding the debt. (Compl.
28 ¶¶ 57–65, 68–74.) As explained above, there is no risk of allowing Plaintiff to circumvent
1 the remedies of the Bankruptcy Code by permitting such claims to move forward.
2 Manikan, 981 F.3d at 716. Therefore, the Court declines to extend the Ninth Circuit’s
3 reasoning in Walls to Plaintiff’s claims arising outside of the FDCPA and Rosenthal Act.
4 Accordingly, Plaintiff’s FDCPA and Rosenthal Act claims brought under the theory
5 that PHEAA violated Plaintiff’s bankruptcy stay and discharge injunction are dismissed
6 with prejudice.
7 B. Plaintiff’s Remaining FDCPA and Rosenthal Act Claims
8 PHEAA also argues that Plaintiff’s FDCPA and Rosenthal Act claims should be
9 dismissed because PHEAA is not a “debt collector” under the FDCPA. (Doc. No. 10 at 5.)
10 The Court disagrees.
11 To be liable for a violation of the FDCPA, a defendant “must—as a threshold
12 requirement—fall within the Act’s definition of ‘debt collector.’ ” Izenberg v. ETS Servs.,
13 LLC, 589 F. Supp. 2d 1193, 1198–99 (C.D. Cal. 2008) (citing Heintz v. Jenkins, 514 U.S.
14 291, 294 (1995)). The FDCPA defines “debt collector” as: “any person who uses any
15 instrumentality of interstate commerce or the mails in any business the principal purpose
16 of which is the collection of any debts, or who regularly collects or attempts to collect,
17 directly or indirectly, debts owed or due or asserted to be owed or due another.” 15 U.S.C.
18 § 1692a(6).
19 Therefore, a “debt collector” under the FDCPA is either “(1) ‘a person’ whose
20 business’s ‘principal purpose’ is the collection of debts (whether on behalf of himself or
21 others); or (2) ‘a person’ who ‘regularly’ collects debts on behalf of others (whether or not
22 it is the principal purpose of his business).” Oei v. N Star Capital Acquisitions, LLC, 486
23 F. Supp. 2d 1089, 1097 (C.D. Cal. 2006). Under the FDCPA, the term “debt collector”
24 does not include any person who collects any debt owed or due to the extent such activity
25 concerns a debt which “was originated by such person” or “was not in default at the time
26 it was obtained by such person.” 15 U.S.C. § 1692a(6)(F)(ii), (iii). But the term “debt
27 collector” does include “any creditor who, in the process of collecting his own debts, uses
28 any name other than his own which would indicate that a third person is collecting or
1 attempting to collect such debts.” Id. § 1692a(6). “A creditor uses a name other than its
2 own when it uses a name that implies that a third party is involved in collecting its debts,
3 ‘pretends to be someone else’ or ‘uses a pseudonym or alias.’ ” Maguire v. Citicorp Retail
4 Servs., Inc., 147 F.3d 232, 235 (2nd Cir. 1998) (quoting Villareal v. Snow, 1996 WL
5 473386, at *3 (N.D. Ill. Aug. 19, 1996)).
6 In his complaint, Plaintiff alleges PHEAA is his creditor and that PHEAA attempted
7 to collect his debt using the name American Education Services (“AES”). (Compl. ¶¶ 9,
8 17.) Taking these allegations as true, PHEAA meets the definition of a debt collector under
9 the FDCPA. See Oei, 486 F. Supp. 2d at 1097; Maguire, 147 F.3d at 235. In its motion,
10 PHEAA argues it is not a debt collector because it is a loan servicer who acquired Plaintiff’s
11 student loan debt before it was in default. (Doc. No. 10 at 3, 5.) This argument is
12 inappropriate on a motion to dismiss, where the Court may not consider facts outside of
13 the complaint and must accept the allegations in the complaint as true. Intri-Plex Tech.,
14 Inc. v Crest Grp., Inc., 499 F.3d 1048, 1052 (9th Cir. 2007); Los Angeles Lakers, 869 F.3d
15 at 800.
16 PHEAA does not move to dismiss the remaining FDCPA and Rosenthal Act claims
17 on any bases independent of those previously discussed. See supra Section II.A.
18 Accordingly, the Court denies PHEAA’s motion to dismiss as to these claims.
19 C. Plaintiff’s TCPA Claim
20 PHEAA does not challenge Plaintiff’s TCPA claim in its motion outside of
21 arguments discussed supra Section II.A. Accordingly, the Court denies PHEAA’s motion
22 to dismiss as to this claim.
23 D. Plaintiff’s FCRA Claim
24 PHEAA argues that Plaintiff’s FCRA claim fails because (1) a private right of action
25 does not exist under 15 U.S.C. § 1681s-2(a) and (2) Plaintiff does not allege that he
26 disputed information on his credit report with any of the credit reporting agencies as is
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1 required by § 1681s-2(b). (Doc. No. 10 at 6.) The Court agrees.
2 In order to ensure fair and accurate credit reporting, the FRCA places duties on credit
3 reporting agencies and parties that furnish consumer credit information to credit reporting
4 agencies. Gorman v. Wolpoff & Abramson, LLP, 584 F.3d 1147, 1153 (9th Cir. 2009).
5 Section 1681s-2(b) of the FRCA imposes a duty of reinvestigation on furnishers of
6 information upon notice of a dispute and provides a private right of action to consumers
7 for violations of this section. Gorman, 584 F.3d at 1162; Nelson v. Chase Manhattan
8 Mortg. Corp., 282 F.3d 1057, 1059–60 (9th Cir. 2002). “To succeed on such a claim, a
9 plaintiff must allege that he had a dispute with a credit reporting agency regarding the
10 accuracy of an account, that the credit reporting agency notified the furnisher of the
11 information, and that the furnisher failed to take the remedial measures outlined in the
12 statute.” Von Brincken v. Mortgageclose.com, Inc., 2011 WL 2621010, at *5 (E.D. Cal.
13 June 30, 2011); see Gorman, 584 F.3d at 1162.
14 Plaintiff’s complaint nowhere alleges that he had a dispute with a credit reporting
15 agency or that a credit reporting agency notified PHEAA of such dispute. Instead, Plaintiff
16 argues that PHEAA’s notification of the bankruptcy court’s discharge injunction served as
17 a sufficient notification to trigger liability under the statute. (Doc. No. 14 at 14; Compl.
18 ¶¶ 34–37.) This legal theory is incorrect. See Von Brincken, 2011 WL 2621010, at *5,
19 Gorman, 584 F.3d at 1162. Plaintiff cannot cure his FCRA claim’s deficiency by pleading
20 other facts consistent with his complaint. Accordingly, it is dismissed with prejudice. See
21 Telesaurus, 623 F.3d at 1003.
22 E. Plaintiff’s Intrusion Upon Seclusion Claim
23 PHEAA argues that Plaintiff’s intrusion upon seclusion claim fails because the
24 communications at issue are privileged pursuant to California Civil Code § 47(c) and
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The law on this point is clear: “[d]uties imposed on furnishers under subsection (a)” of 15 U.S.C. § 1681s-
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28 1147, 1154 (9th Cir. 2009).
1 Plaintiff has failed to plead malice. (Doc. No. 10 at 6.)
2 Under § 47(c), the California common interest privilege, “a defendant who makes a
3 statement to others on a matter of common interest is immunized from liability [in tort] so
4 long as the statement is made ‘without malice.’ ” Lundquist v. Reusser, 7 Cal. 4th 1193,
5 1196 (1994). Specifically, § 47(c) states, in pertinent part, that a privileged publication or
6 broadcast is one made:
7 In a communication, without malice, to a person interested therein, (1) by one
who is also interested, or (2) by one who stands in such a relation to the person
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interested as to afford a reasonable ground for supposing the motive for the
9 communication to be innocent, or (3) who is requested by the person
interested to give the information.
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12 Application of this privilege generally involves a two-step analysis: first, the
13 defendant must demonstrate that the communication occurred on a privileged occasion,
14 and then the burden shifts to the plaintiff to prove that it was made with malice. Taus v.
15 Loftus, 40 Cal. 4th 683, 721 (2007). This privilege should be asserted “as an affirmative
16 defense . . . except where the existence of the privilege is disclosed on the face of the
17 complaint.” Locke v. Mitchell, 7 Cal. 2d 599, 602 (1936) (citation omitted).
18 “Actual malice” must be demonstrated under the privilege, meaning the publication
19 must be shown to be motivated by hatred or ill will towards the opposing party or that the
20 defendant lacked reasonable grounds for belief in the truth of the publication and therefore
21 acted in reckless disregard by publishing it. Noel v. River Hills Wilsons, Inc., 113 Cal.
22 App. 4th 1363, 1370 (2003). The requirement of malice is imposed to further California’s
23 “strong interest in allowing interested parties to communicate on subjects of common
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privileges set forth in the FCRA are moot and will not be discussed. (Doc. No. 10 at 8.) Furthermore,
26 Plaintiff’s intrusion upon seclusion claim is brought on a theory that Defendant harassed Plaintiff via
unwanted communications, not on a theory that Defendant reported false information to a credit reporting
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agency. (See Compl. ¶¶ 68–74.) Defendant’s assertion that its communications with the credit reporting
28 agencies are protected by California common interest privilege is, therefore, irrelevant. (See Doc. No. 10
1 interest without the specter of future lawsuits.” Lake’s Unltd., Inc. v. Allen, 114 F.3d 1194,
2 1997 WL 268481, at *2 (9th Cir. 1997) (unpublished table decision).
3 The privilege applies “where the communicator and the recipient have a common
4 interest and the communication is of a kind reasonably calculated to protect or further that
5 interest.” Cornell v. Berkeley Tennis Club, 18 Cal. App. 5th 908, 949 (2017) (cleaned up).
6 Stated another way, a privileged communication is one that “furthers a common interest of
7 the parties to the communication.” SDV/ACCI, Inc., v. AT&T Corp., 522 F.3d 955, 962
8 (9th Cir. 2008). “The ‘interest’ must be something other than mere general or idle curiosity,
9 such as where the parties to the communication share a contractual, business or similar
10 relationship or the defendant is protecting his own pecuniary interest.” Hawran v. Hixson,
11 209 Cal. App. 4th 256, 287 (2012). The existence of this privilege is usually a question of
12 law for the court. Kashian v. Harriman, 98 Cal. App. 4th 892, 915 (2002).
13 It is not clear on the face of the complaint that common interest applies to the debt
14 collection communications between Plaintiff and PHEAA. Rather, the opposite is true:
15 Plaintiff and PHEAA had adverse interests regarding the debt and related communications.
16 Plaintiff pleads that he believed the debt was discharged and considered PHEAA’s
17 communications about the debt as unwelcome. (Compl. ¶¶ 20, 22, 33–37.) Plaintiff went
18 so far as to retain an attorney regarding the dispute. (Compl. ¶ 18.) No interest shared by
19 PHEAA and Plaintiff was furthered by these communications. See SDV/ACCI, 522 F.3d
20 at 955. PHEAA has also failed to provide any case law or authority supporting its argument
21 that the common interest privilege applies in this context.3 Instead, it makes a threadbare
22 statement that itself and Plaintiff are both “interested parties.” (Doc. No. 10 at 6.) Because
23 a basis for common interest privilege does not appear on the face of the complaint, Plaintiff
24 need not have affirmatively plead malice. See Locke, 7 Cal. 2d 599, 602.
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26 3 Defendant cites Rubio v. U.S. Bank N.A., 2014 WL 1318631 (N.D. Cal. Apr. 1, 2014) for its assertion
that California common interest privilege is “applicable to collection activities.” (Doc. No. 10 at 7.) The
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Court finds this case unpersuasive. In Rubio, the collection activities at issue were statutorily protected
28 under California Civil Code § 47(c) by California Civil Code § 2924(b). Rubio, 2014 WL 1318631, at
1 The Court is not convinced that the rationale behind the California common interest
2 || privilege supports shielding the communications at issue in this case. Communications
3 || from a debt collector to a debtor do not appear to be those that California “holds a strong
4 ||interest in allowing . . . without the specter of future lawsuits” as is illustrated by the
5 || existence of a private right of action for debtors as against debt collectors for improper
6 ||communications under the Rosenthal Act. Allen, 114 F.3d 1194, 1997 WL 268481, at *2;
7 Komarova v. Nat’] Credit Acceptance, Inc., 175 Cal. App. 4th 324, 337-338 (2009)
8 || (holding litigation privilege set forth in Cal. Civ. Code § 47(b) does not apply to alleged
9 ||unfair debt collection practices because such application “would effectively vitiate the
10 ||Rosenthal Act and render the protections it affords meaningless” (quoting Oe, 486 F.
11 ||Supp. 2d at 1100)). Accordingly, PHEAA’s motion to dismiss Plaintiffs intrusion upon
12 seclusion claim is denied.
13 Conclusion
14 For the reasons above, the Court grants PHEAA’s motion to dismiss as to □□□□□□□□□□□
15 || FCRA claim and as to Plaintiff's FDCPA and Rosenthal Act claims pertaining to PHEAA’s
16 || violation of the discharge injunction with prejudice. Many of PHEAA’s arguments as to
17 remaining claims may be better raised on a motion for summary judgment when the
18 ||record is more fully developed. The Court denies PHEAA’s motion to dismiss as to all
19 other claims. Accordingly, PHEAA is ordered to file an answer to the remaining portions
20 || of the complaint within thirty (30) days of this order.
21 IT IS SO ORDERED.
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