Niki-Alexander Shetty v. Suntrust Mortgage, Inc.
Opinion
MEMORANDUM **
Satish Shetty appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his action alleging federal and state law claims relating to a mortgage loan on real property allegedly transferred to him by the borrower after foreclosure. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal for failure to state a claim under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6), and we may affirm on an basis supported by the record. Thompson v. Paul, 647 F.3d 1065, 1058-69 (9th Cir. 2008). We affirm.
Dismissal of Shetty’s Fair Debt Collection Practices Act claim was proper because Shetty failed to allege facts sufficient to show that he has standing to prosecute the claim on behalf of the third-party borrower. See Sprint Commc’ns Co. v. APCC Servs., Inc., 554 U.S. 269, 273-74, 89-90, 128 S.Ct. 2531, 171 L.Ed.2d 424 (2008) (elements of Article III standing; prudential standing requires that a party must assert its own legal rights and may not assert the legal rights of another).
The district court did not abuse its discretion by denying Shetty leave to file a Second Amended Complaint because amendment would be futile. 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 can be denied if amendment would be futile).
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.
Reference
- Full Case Name
- Satish SHETTY, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. SUNTRUST MORTGAGE, INC.; Et. Al., Defendants-Appellees
- Cited By
- 1 case
- Status
- Unpublished