United States Ex Rel. Triple S Alarm Co. v. Westfield Insurance

United States Court of Appeals For the Eighth Circuit ___________________________ No. 12-3030 ___________________________ United States of America, for the use and benefit of Triple S Alarm Co., Inc. lllllllllllllllllllll Plaintiff - Appellant v. Westfield Insurance Company lllllllllllllllllllll Defendant - Appellee ____________ Appeal from United States District Court for the Eastern District of Arkansas - Little Rock ____________ Submitted: April 9, 2013 Filed: April 12, 2013 [Unpublished] ____________ Before WOLLMAN, BOWMAN, and GRUENDER, Circuit Judges. ____________ PER CURIAM. Triple S Alarm Co., Inc., appeals from the judgment of the District Court1 denying its motion for attorney fees and a penalty under Arkansas law or attorney fees 1 The Honorable Susan Webber Wright, United States District Judge for the Eastern District of Arkansas. under the Equal Access to Justice Act, 28 U.S.C. § 2412(b), in Triple S’s suit under the Miller Act, 40 U.S.C. § 3131. After careful de novo review of the record, see United States v. Brummels, 15 F.3d 769, 771 (8th Cir. 1994), and having considered the parties’ submissions on appeal, we agree with the District Court that Triple S was not entitled to the relief that it sought for the reasons explained in the court’s opinion. Accordingly, we affirm. See 8th Cir. R. 47B. ______________________________ -2-