Agrelo v. Affinity Management Services, LLC

JILL PRYOR, Circuit Judge:

The main issue presented in this appeal is whether a fine imposed by a homeowners’ association (“HOA”) for violating the HOA’s governing documents is a debt for purposes of the Florida Consumer Collection Practices Act (“FCCPA”), Fla. Stat. § 559.55 et seq. The district court held that it is not and thus granted summary judgment to Affinity Management Services, LLC, one of the agents of Mar-bella Park Homeowners’ Association, Inc. that attempted to collect an unpaid fine from Marbella members Jorge A. Agrelo and Olga M. Fernandez (the “homeowners”). The court granted…