MICHAEL HUCUL V. NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, No. 18-55177 (9th Cir. 2019)

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NOT FOR PUBLICATION UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FILED JUN 18 2019 MOLLY C. DWYER, CLERK FOR THE NINTH CIRCUIT MICHAEL HUCUL, U.S. COURT OF APPEALS No. 18-55177 Plaintiff-Appellant, D.C. No. 3:17-cv-02238-DMSMDD v. NAVY FEDERAL CREDIT UNION, MEMORANDUM* Defendant-Appellee. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of California Dana M. Sabraw, District Judge, Presiding Submitted June 11, 2019** Before: CANBY, GRABER, and MURGUIA, Circuit Judges. Michael Hucul appeals pro se from the district court’s judgment dismissing his action alleging that defendant violated the Right to Financial Privacy Act (“RFPA”) by disclosing his financial information to a state agency. We have jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. We review de novo a district court’s * This disposition is not appropriate for publication and is not precedent except as provided by Ninth Circuit Rule 36-3. ** The panel unanimously concludes this case is suitable for decision without oral argument. See Fed. R. App. P. 34(a)(2). dismissal under Federal Rule of Civil Procedure 12(b)(6) for failure to state a claim. Cervantes v. Countrywide Home Loans, Inc., 656 F.3d 1034, 1040 (9th Cir. 2011). We affirm. The district court properly dismissed Hucul’s action because section 3403(a) of the RFPA governs financial disclosures only to the federal government and its employees. See 12 U.S.C. § 3403(a) (prohibiting financial institutions from releasing financial records to any “Government authority”); see also id. § 3401(3) (defining “Government authority” to mean any agency or department of the United States). AFFIRMED. 2 18-55177

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