MULLEN BJ 400XP v. JPMORGAN CHASE BANK (2018)

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Michel MULLEN; BJ 400XP Incorporated, Plaintiffs-Appellants v. JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A.; Chase Equipment Finance Incorporated; Chase Equipment Leasing Incorporated, Defendants-Appellees

No. 17-10717

Decided: June 11, 2018

Before JOLLY, JONES, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.

Gerrit M. Pronske, Esq., Melanie Pearce Goolsby, Pronske Goolsby & Kathman, P.C., Dallas, TX, for Plaintiffs-Appellants James Bachman Greer, Attorney, Randall Greer, P.L.L.C., Dallas, TX, for Defendants-Appellees

The court has carefully considered this appeal in light of the briefs, oral arguments and record. Having done so, we find no abuse of discretion nor misapplication of the factors underlying the district court’s discretionary decision to dismiss this declaratory judgment action. See St. Paul Ins. Co. v. Trejo, 39 F.3d 585 (5th Cir. 1994); Sherwin-Williams Co. v. Holmes County, 343 F.3d 383, 390 (5th Cir. 2003) (“The Fifth Circuit uses the Trejo factors to guide a district court’s exercise of discretion to accept or decline jurisdiction over a declaratory judgment suit.”). AFFIRMED.

FOOTNOTES

FOOTNOTE.

PER CURIAM: * FN* Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.

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