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LEGION INSURANCE COMPANY, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. MEGA INTERESTS INC., doing business as Jet Wrecker Service, Defendant-Appellant.
    No. 03-20279
    Summary Calendar.
    United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.
    Oct. 23, 2003.
    William Keith Wier, Tina Marie High Brumbelow, Daw & Ray, Houston, TX, for Defendant-Appellant.
    
      Before SMITH, DEMOSS, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.
   PER CURIAM:

Mega Interests Inc., doing business as Jet Wrecker Service, appeals from an order denying its motion to vacate a default judgment pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b). Mega Interests, Inc., argues that the district court lacked jurisdiction and that the district court abused its discretion when it denied the motion to vacate.

Diversity jurisdiction pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1332 was properly invoked since the parties were diverse and the complaint, fairly read, states a claim exceeding $75,000. See Louque v. Allstate Ins. Co., 314 F.3d 776 (5th Cir.2002); see also St. Paul Reinsurance Co., Ltd. v. Greenberg, 134 F.3d 1250, 1253 (5th Cir.1998).

Additionally, the district court did not abuse its discretion when it denied the motion to vacate. To the extent that the motion raised grounds pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(4) and 60(b)(6), the motion was to be filed within a reasonable time of the entry of the default judgment. Mega Interests, Inc, has failed to argue and the record does not indicate that the motion was filed within a reasonable time. Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b); See Travelers Ins. Co. v. Liljeberg Enterprises, Inc., 38 F.3d 1404, 1410 (5th Cir.1994) (what constitutes a “reasonable time” is fact sensitive and takes into account the interest in finality, the reason for delay, the practical ability of the litigant to learn earlier of the grounds relied upon, and prejudice to other parties). Furthermore, the arguments advanced pursuant to Fed. R. Civ. P. 60(b)(1) and (3) are without merit because Mega Interests, Inc. has not shown that its neglect was excusable nor has it shown that its default was due to the misconduct of Legion Insurance Company. See Rogers v. Hartford Life and Acc. Ins. Co., 167 F.3d 933, 939 (5th Cir.1999).

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       Pursuant to 5th Cir. R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5th Cir. R. 47.5.4.