Scarola Malone & Zubatov LLP v. McCarthy, Burgess & Wolff

SUMMARY ORDER

Plaintiff-appellant Richard J.J. Sca-rola (“Scarola”) appeals a June 24, 2015 memorandum and order of the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York dismissing his claims. The district court granted the motion of defendant-appellee McCarthy, Burgess & Wolff (“MBW”) pursuant to Rule 12(b)(6) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure to dismiss Scarola’s Fair Debt Collection Practices Act (“FDCPA”) claim, 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq., on the ground that the alleged debt was not covered by the FDCPA because it arose from a commercial and not a consumer…