9th Circuit Says Filing Of Judicial Foreclosure Not A Debt Collection Activity

(July 13, 2020, 9:24 AM EDT) -- PORTLAND, Ore. — A Ninth Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals panel on June 30 affirmed a ruling dismissing a man’s Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (FDCPA) suit, finding that the filing of a judicial foreclosure action solely for the purpose of selling a property is not a collection activity (Timothy Barnes v. Routh Crabtree Olsen PC, et al., No. 16-35418, 9th Cir., 2020 U.S. App. LEXIS 20530)....