Doak
Doak v. Capital One, N.A.
Opinion
Trial Court Opinion
I. BACKGROUND
22 On November 8, 2016, Plaintiff filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the United States 23 Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court of the Northern District of California 24 25
1 Capital One Bank (USA) N.A. was “erroneously sued as Capital One, N.A.” Def.’s Mot. to Dismiss at 1 n.1. (“Bankruptcy Court”). See Def.’s Request for Judicial Notice (“RJN”) (Dkt. No. 14-2), Ex. A2; see also Compl. ¶ 12. When Plaintiff filed his Bankruptcy Petition, he had a consumer debt with Capital One. Compl. ¶ 13. Capital One allegedly received notice of Plaintiff’s Bankruptcy Petition that month. Id. ¶ 14. On November 29, 2016, Capital One accessed Plaintiff’s consumer credit report through Equifax, a credit reporting agency (“CRA”). Id. On December 9, 2016, Capital One accessed Plaintiff’s credit report for a second time through Trans Union, another CRA. Id. ¶ 15. On both occasions, Capital One allegedly “used false pretenses, namely the representation it intended to use Plaintiff’s consumer report for a permissible account review or collection purpose, when it had no such permissible purpose(s),…