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Parties Involved:
Marco Alberto Cantu
Appellant
J. Michael Moore
Appellee

Document Text:

United States Court of Appeals

for the Fifth Circuit ____________

No. 24-50311

Summary Calendar

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Marco Alberto Cantu,

Plaintiff—Appellant,

versus

J. Michael Moore,

Defendant—Appellee.

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Appeal from the United States District Court

for the Western District of Texas

USDC No. 1:23-CV-1476

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Before Higginbotham, Jones, and Oldham, Circuit Judges.

Per Curiam:*

The court has reviewed the dismissal of plaintiffs’ case and finds no 

reversible error of law or fact. The district court properly dismissed pursuant 

to Fed. Rule Civ. Pro. 12(b)(6) for failure to state a plausible claim for 

injunctive relief, which would have allowed the Cantus to evade a state court 

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* Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 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opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited 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 Circuit Rule 47.5.4.

United States Court of Appeals

Fifth Circuit

FILED

January 6, 2025

Lyle W. Cayce

Clerk

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injunction prohibiting them from further litigation against Moore. Plaintiffs 

never raised the constitutionality of the Texas Vexatious Litigation Statute 

in the district court, thus forfeiting the issue on appeal. Further, plaintiffs 

did not raise in the trial court any request to replead, an issue now also 

forfeited. Judgement AFFIRMED.

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