Burch v. Pioneer Credit Recovery, Inc.

Plaintiff-Appellant Stewart Burch, a former employee of Defendant-Appellee Pioneer Recovery, Inc. (“Pioneer”), appeals the decision of the United States District Court for the Western District of New York (Telesca, J.)granting Pioneer’s Rule 12(b)(6) motion to dismiss Burch’s Privacy Act claim and dismissing Burch’s motion for additional discovery and to amend his Complaint. 1 Pioneer is a third-party debt collection agency that provides collection services for a number of public and private clients, including three federal agencies— the Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”), the U.S. Department…