Case: 16-20306 Document: 00514063099 Page: 1 Date Filed: 07/07/2017
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
No. 16-20306 FILED
Summary Calendar July 7, 2017
Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
BLANCA EMID PETTY,
Plaintiff-Appellant
v.
JOHN KENT PETTY; ROSEMARIE REEVES; CHAD ELLIS; MARK
HUMPHREY; JOHN MILAM MERCK, SR.; SCOT A. POWELL; MARIE
APPLING POWELL; RICHARD KERZEE; VINCENT L. MARABLE, III;
JIMMY PHILLIPS, JR.; PAIGE CURRAN CUNNINGHAM,
Defendants-Appellees
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas
USDC No. 4:15-CV-2449
Before BENAVIDES, DENNIS, and PRADO, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM: *
Blanca Emid Petty has appealed the district court’s order dismissing her
diversity complaint without prejudice for failure to comply with Federal Rule
of Civil Procedure 4. Petty has not shown that the district court abused its
* 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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH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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discretion. See FED. R. CIV. P. 4(m); Lindsey v. United States R.R. Retirement
Bd., 101 F.3d 444, 445 (5th Cir. 1996). The district court’s order is AFFIRMED.
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