First Fam Fincl Svc v. Calhoun ( 2003 )


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  •                                                  United States Court of Appeals
    Fifth Circuit
    F I L E D
    UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS              May 16, 2003
    For the Fifth Circuit            Charles R. Fulbruge III
    Clerk
    No. 02-60840
    Summary Calendar
    FIRST FAMILY FINANCIAL SERVICES INC,
    Plaintiff-Appellee,
    VERSUS
    FRED SANDERS,
    Defendant-Appellant.
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    Cons/W No. 02-60844
    FIRST FAMILY FINANCIAL SERVICES INC,
    Plaintiff-Appellee,
    VERSUS
    HAL LEE JENKINS,
    Defendant-Appellant.
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    Cons/W No. 02-60864
    FIRST FAMILY FINANCIAL SERVICES INC,
    Plaintiff-Appellee,
    VERSUS
    JOANN CALHOUN,
    Defendant-Appellant.
    Appeals from the United States District Court
    For the Southern District of Mississippi, Jackson
    (4:01-CV-133)
    Before BARKSDALE, DeMOSS, and BENAVIDES, Circuit Judges.
    PER CURIAM:*
    First   Family    Financial   Services   Inc.    (hereinafter    “First
    Family”) filed these three actions in federal court in June, 2001,
    to       compel   Fred     Sanders,   Joan    Calhoun   and   Hal    Lee   Jenkins
    (collectively “the Borrowers”) to arbitrate claims which Borrowers
    had raised in the lawsuit brought by them against First Family in
    the Circuit Court of Noxubee County, Mississippi.                   The Borrowers
    filed motions to dismiss as well as to motions to stay pending
    discovery which the district court denied.                First Family moved to
    compel arbitration in all three cases in February, 2002.                       In
    September, 2002, the district court entered memorandum opinions and
    orders directing the Borrowers to submit their state court claims
    to arbitration and staying their state court action pursuant to 
    28 U.S.C. §2283
    .        The Borrowers timely filed notices of appeal and
    this Court consolidated the three appeals.
    We have carefully reviewed the briefs and the record excerpts
    *
    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    opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under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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    and relevant portions of the record itself.   For the reasons stated
    by the district court in each of the three memorandum opinions and
    orders entered under date of September 6, 2002, we affirm the
    decision of the district court to compel arbitration in these
    cases.          AFFIRMED
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Document Info

Docket Number: 02-60864

Filed Date: 5/19/2003

Precedential Status: Non-Precedential

Modified Date: 12/21/2014