213010P.pdf   09/06/2022  Andrew Magdy  v.  I.C. System, Inc.
   U.S. Court of Appeals Case No:  21-3010
   U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri - St. Louis   
   [PUBLISHED] [Shepherd, Author, with Shepherd and Erickson, Circuit Judges] 
   Civil case - Fair Debt Collection Practices Act] An attorney brought this 
   action alleging a violation of the Act when a debt collection contacted 
   him about the debt of a party he had never represented; the district court 
   did not err in concluding that plaintiff, a non-consumer, lacked standing 
   to sue under the Act; in doing so, this court joins other circuits in 
   concluding that non-consumers cannot bring a claim under Sec. 1692c(b) of 
   the Act; the district court did not abuse its discretion by refusing to 
   grant plaintiff leave to amend his petition as plaintiff failed to comply 
   with the applicable local rule governing motion practice. Judge Stras, 
   dissenting.