Arias v. Gutman, Mintz, Baker & Sonnenfeldt LLP

LOHIER, Circuit Judge:

Franklin Arias claims that Gutman, Mintz, Baker & Sonnenfeldt LLP (“GMBS”), a law firm, violated the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) and New York State law when it garnished his bank account and then tried to block him. from showing that all of the funds in his account were exempt from garnishment.1 The United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Daniels, J.) dismissed Arias’s FDCPA claim and declined to exercise supplemental jurisdiction over Arias’s State law claims. As explained below, we VACATE the judgment of the District Court…