DAVID L. RUSSELL, District Judge.
Before this Court is Defendant First Premier Bank's Motion to Dismiss (Doc. 32). Plaintiff has responded (Doc. 39), Defendant has replied (Doc. 44), and the matter is fully briefed and at issue.
A plaintiff's complaint need only include "a short and plain statement of the claim showing that the pleader is entitled to relief." Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a).
In considering a motion to dismiss under Fed. R. Civ. P. 12(b)(6), the Court "accept[s] as true all well-pleaded factual allegations in the complaint and view[s] them in the light most favorable to the plaintiff." Burnett v. Mortg. Elec. Registration Sys., Inc., 706 F.3d 1231, 1235 (10th Cir. 2013). And though the Court liberally construes Plaintiff's pro se complaint, it "will not construct arguments or theories for the plaintiff in the absence of any discussion of those issues." Drake v. City of Fort Collins, 927 F.2d 1156, 1159 (10th Cir. 1991); see also Dunn v. White, 880 F.2d 1188, 1197 (10th Cir. 1989) ("Although we must liberally construe plaintiff's factual allegations, we will not supply additional facts, nor will we construct a legal theory for plaintiff that assumes facts that have not been pleaded." (citations omitted)).
According to the sparse allegations in Plaintiff's complaint, Defendant contends Plaintiff owes it money and has reported this contention to credit reporting agencies Equifax, Experian, and TransUnion. See Doc. 1-1, at 1-2. According to Plaintiff, Defendant's actions violate the Fair Credit Reporting Act ("FCRA"), 15 U.S.C. § 1681 et seq.; the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act ("FDCPA"), 15 U.S.C. § 1692 et seq.; and the Oklahoma Consumer Protection Act ("OCPA"), 15 O.S. § 751 et seq. See Doc. 1-1, at 2-3. As well, Plaintiff alleges that Defendant's conduct constitutes common-law fraud. Id.
Plaintiff's complaint fails to meet Rule 8's standard. Notably, Plaintiff seems to admit in his response that his complaint is deficient, stating, "First Premier Bank . . . is the only one out of . . . 19 parties in this lawsuit who figured out that . . . the Plaintiff did not comply with Fed. R. Civ. P. 8(a)(2)." Doc. 39, at 1. If this is sarcasm, it does not leap off the page. Regardless, the complaint's sufficiency turns not on Plaintiff's editorializing: the complaint is inadequate on its own. First, Plaintiff pleads insufficient factual content to show that Defendant violated the OCPA. Plaintiff claims Defendant has violated Section 753(20) of the statute by committing "unfair or deceptive trade practice[s] as defined in Section 752." 15 O.S. § 753(20). A "[d]eceptive trade practice" is "a misrepresentation, omission or other practice that has deceived or could reasonably be expected to deceive or mislead a person to the detriment of that person," while an "[u]nfair trade practice" is "any practice which offends established public policy or if the practice is immoral, unethical, oppressive, unscrupulous or substantially injurious to consumers." Id. § 752(13)-(14). This Court has held that Oklahoma "intended to limit application of the [OCPA] to problems arising between buyers and sellers," such that debt collection activities do not fall within its ambit. See Melvin v. Nationwide Debt Recovery, Inc., No. 00-CV-212, 2000 WL 33950122 (W.D. Okla. Aug. 24, 2000).
Plaintiff's additional claims against Defendant fare no better. Plaintiff's FCRA claim fails because he lacks a private right of action against Defendant for the purported violations he has pled. See Whisenant v. First Nat'l Bank & Tr. Co., 258 F.Supp.2d 1312 (N.D. Okla. 2003). The "FCRA places distinct obligations on three types of entities: (1) consumer reporting agencies; (2) users of consumer reports; and (3) furnishers of information to consumer reporting agencies." Aklagi v. Nationscredit Fin., 196 F.Supp.2d 1186, 1192 (D. Kan. 2002). As Plaintiff only alleges that Defendant falsely claimed it was owed money and reported this false claim to credit reporting agencies, Plaintiff seems to be asserting a FCRA claim based on Defendant's purported status as a furnisher of information. The FCRA imposes two duties on furnishers of information: "(1) the duty to provide accurate information; and (2) the duty to investigate the accuracy of reported information upon receiving notice of a dispute." Ilodianya v. Capital One Bank USA NA, 853 F.Supp.2d 772, 773 (E.D. Ark. 2012) (citing 15 U.S.C. § 1681s-2(a)-(b)). But the FCRA creates no private right of action for an information furnisher's violation of its duty to provide accurate information. Id. at 774 (citing 15 U.S.C. § 1681s-2(c)(1)); Whisenant, 258 F. Supp. 2d at 1316. And while a private right of action exists for violations of an information furnisher's duty to investigate the accuracy of reported information, this duty only arises after the furnisher receives notice of a dispute from a consumer reporting agency. Id. at 1316-17. Plaintiff offers no facts indicating Defendant received any notice. Thus, Plaintiff's attempts to state a FCRA claim fail.
As to the FDCPA, Plaintiff's complaint is deficient. The FDCPA applies to "debt collectors," a defined term in the statute, but Plaintiff fails to allege that Defendant is a debt collector. See 15 U.S.C. §§ 1692a(6), 1692k. Indeed, Plaintiff's conclusory averment that Defendant "violat[ed] . . . the [FDCPA] in attempting to collect debts that are not owed," Doc. 1-1, at 3, is simply insufficient to meet Rule 8's threshold. Finally, Plaintiff unsuccessfully pleads a fraud claim against Defendant. The Federal Rules of Civil Procedure require parties "alleging fraud" to "state with particularity the circumstances constituting fraud. . . ." Fed. R. Civ. P. 9(b). Plaintiff's factual contentions are anything but particular.
Plaintiff fails to state any claim against Defendant. Accordingly, Defendant First Premier Bank's motion to dismiss (Doc. 32) is hereby GRANTED, and Plaintiff's complaint against First Premier Bank is DISMISSED without prejudice.
IT IS SO ORDERED.