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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

No. 19-30443

Summary Calendar

JESSE CLARENCE BROWN, SR. ESTATE; RENE FELIPPE BROWN; 

DELICIA CARRIE MARSHALL; DANNA DERRELL BROWN; JESSE 

CLARENCE BROWN, JR.,

Plaintiffs - Appellants

v.

NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE COMPANY,

Defendant - Appellee

Appeal from the United States District Court 

for the Western District of Louisiana

USDC No. 3:17-CV-1486

Before CLEMENT, ELROD, and OLDHAM, Circuit Judges.

PER CURIAM:*

Plaintiffs appeal the entry of summary judgment in this insurancecoverage dispute. The district court had subject-matter jurisdiction because 

the defendant properly removed the case under 28 U.S.C. § 1441. The court 

held plaintiffs are not entitled to life-insurance benefits because the policy 

owner stopped paying the premiums fifteen years before he died. After 

carefully considering the eight issues raised in the plaintiffs’ briefs, the record, 

 

* 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.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

January 15, 2020

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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and the applicable law, we agree with the district court. Its judgment is 

AFFIRMED.

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