United States Ninth Circuit

In an action alleging, inter alia, improper credit reporting, improper investigation, and improper sale of a disputed credit card account by defendant-credit card issuer, summary judgment for defendant on a claim under California's Identity Theft Law is affirmed where the claim failed because defendant was not a "claimant" under California Civil Code sections 1798.92, et seq.

Appellate Information

• Argued 02/14/2008
• Decided 03/31/2008
• Published 03/31/2008

Judges

• N.R. SMITH, Circuit Judge:, Before: B. FLETCHER and N. RANDY SMITH, Circuit Judges, and SAMUEL P. KING, Senior Judge.

Court

• United States Ninth Circuit

Counsel

• For Appellant:
  
• Robert F. Brennan, Esq., Brennan, Wiener & Associates, P.C., La Crescenta, CA, for plaintiff-appellant.


• For Appellees:
  
• George G. Weickhardt, Ropers, Majeski, Kohn, Bentley, San Francisco, CA, for defendant-appellee.