Deanna-Kathleen Yates v. the Money Source, Inc.

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit
• Decided: January 28, 2025
• Docket: 23-16005
• Status: Unpublished

Opinion

NOT FOR PUBLICATION FILED UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS JAN 28 2025 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK U.S. COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT

DEANNA-KATHLEEN YATES; RONNIE No. 23-16005 YATES, D.C. No. 1:23-cv-00155-JLT-EPG Plaintiffs-Appellants, v. MEMORANDUM* THE MONEY SOURCE, INC., DBA Endeavor America Loan Services; MIDLAND MORTGAGE; TRUSTEE, REMIC PASS-THROUGH CERTIFICATES FANNIE MAE REMIC TRUST 2017-21; FANNIE MAE, Mail Draw Assignments; CALAVERAS COUNTY CLERK RECORDER; CENLAR FSB CORPORATE HEADQUARTERS; MORTGAGE ELECTRONIC REGISTRATION SYSTEMS, INC.,

Defendants-Appellees.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of California Jennifer L. Thurston, District Judge, Presiding

Submitted January 22, 2025**

* This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). Before: CLIFTON, CALLAHAN, and BENNETT, Circuit Judges.

Deanna-Kathleen Yates and Ronnie Yates appeal pro se from the district

court’s judgment dismissing their action alleging federal and state law claims

concerning the discharge of debt connected to their real property. We have

jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a dismissal under Federal

Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6). Puri v. Khalsa, 844 F.3d 1152, 1157 (9th Cir.

2017). We affirm.

The district court properly dismissed plaintiffs’ sole federal claim under § 1

of the Sherman Act because plaintiffs failed to allege facts sufficient to state a

plausible claim. See Optronic Techs., Inc. v. Ningbo Sunny Elec. Co., 20 F.4th

466, 479 (9th Cir. 2021) (setting forth elements of an antitrust claim under 15

U.S.C. § 1).

The district court did not abuse its discretion in denying supplemental

jurisdiction over plaintiffs’ remaining state law claims. See Dyack v. Northern

Mariana Islands, 317 F.3d 1030, 1037-38 (9th Cir. 2003) (setting forth standard of

review and explaining that 28 U.S.C. § 1367(c)(3) permits the district court to

decline to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over state law claims where the

district court “has dismissed all claims over which it has original jurisdiction”).

Contrary to plaintiffs’ contention, the district court lacked diversity

jurisdiction over the action. See Kuntz v. Lamar Corp., 385 F.3d 1177, 1181 (9th

2 23-16005 Cir. 2004) (“For a case to qualify for federal jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C.

§ 1332(a), there must be complete diversity of citizenship between the parties

opposed in interest.”).

We do not consider arguments and allegations raised for the first time on

appeal. See Padgett v. Wright, 587 F.3d 983, 985 n.2 (9th Cir. 2009).

Fannie Mae’s request for judicial notice, set forth in its answering brief, is

denied as unnecessary.

AFFIRMED.

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