Pelfrey v. Educational Credit Mgmt.

208 F.3d 945

• Court: Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
• Decided: April 6, 2000
• Docket: 99-6189
• Status: Published

Opinion

[PUBLISH]

IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT U.S. COURT OF APPEALS ELEVENTH CIRCUIT APR 06 2000 THOMAS K. KAHN CLERK No. 99-6189

D. C. Docket No. 98-02422-CV-PT-E

PATRICIA PELFREY, on behalf of herself and the class described herein,

Plaintiff-Appellant,

versus

EDUCATIONAL CREDIT MANAGEMENT CORPORATION,

Defendant-Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Northern District of Alabama

(April 6, 2000)

Before TJOFLAT and MARCUS, Circuit Judges, and KRAVITCH, Senior Circuit Judge.

PER CURIAM: We affirm the judgment of the district court granting the defendant’s motion for

judgment as a matter of law on the ground that the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act,

15 U.S.C. § 1692, et seq. (1994), does not apply to the defendant, because the

defendant is a “person collecting or attempting to collect any debt owed or due or

asserted to be owed or due another to the extent such activity . . . is incidental to a

bona fide fiduciary obligation . . . .” 15 U.S.C. § 1692a(6)(F)(i). See Pelfrey v.

Educational Credit Management Corp., 71 F. Supp. 2d 1161, 1172-74, 1179-80 (N.D.

Ala. 1999).

AFFIRMED.