RABURN v. WIENER WEISS MADISON (2018)

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Jonathan RABURN, Plaintiff-Appellant v. WIENER WEISS & MADISON, Defendant-Appellee

No. 18-30109

Decided: October 17, 2018

Before DAVIS, HAYNES, and GRAVES, Circuit Judges.

Dennis Dean McCarty, Esq., Carrollton, TX, for Plaintiff-Appellant James Huey Gibson, Alan W. Stewart, Gibson Law Partners, L.L.C., Lafayette, LA, for Defendant-Appellee

Jonathan Raburn sued the law firm, Wiener Weiss & Madison, for violation of the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq. The district court dismissed this action for failure to state a claim, holding that Plaintiff’s claims were time-barred and that the underlying e-mail communications did not require statutory notices and warnings.

Having reviewed the parties’ briefs and the record, we AFFIRM the judgment of the district court essentially for the reasons given in its thorough Ruling and Order of November 16, 2017.

AFFIRMED.

FOOTNOTES

FOOTNOTE.

PER CURIAM: * FN* Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.

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