Melodie Kleiman v. Wells Fargo & Company

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576 F. App'x 694
United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth CircuitMay 29, 201411-56535California267 words

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Opinion

MEMORANDUM

Melodie M. Kleiman, an attorney, appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing her action arising out of foreclosure proceedings. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291 . We review de novo a dismissal for failure to state a claim, Sprewell v. Golden State Warriors, 266 F.3d 979, 988 (9th Cir.2001), and we affirm.

The district court did not err by considering the motion to dismiss brought by Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., despite the complaint naming Wells Fargo & Company, because documents which were properly subject to judicial notice show that Wells Fargo Bank, N.A., not Wells Fargo & Company, was the real party in interest as the loan holder. See id. (when ruling on a motion to dismiss, district court need not “accept as true allegations that contradict matters properly subject to judicial notice”); Mir v. Little Co. of Mary Hosp., 844 F.2d 646, 649 (9th Cir.1988) (district court may “take judicial notice of matters of public record outside the pleadings and consider them for purposes of the motion to dismiss” (citation and internal quotation marks omitted)). Thus, we reject Klei-man’s contention that the district court violated her due process rights…

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