Case Name: IN RE: Deandre RUSSELL, Debtor. Deandre Russell, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Anthony Ingegneri, Mark Petterson, Mark Griffin, Kelley Askew Gillikin, Defendants-Appellees
Court: United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit
Jurisdiction: United States
Decision Date: 2018-02-21
Citations: 713 F. App'x 991
Docket Number: No. 16-16943 Non-Argument Calendar
Parties: IN RE: Deandre RUSSELL, Debtor. Deandre Russell, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Anthony Ingegneri, Mark Petterson, Mark Griffin, Kelley Askew Gillikin, Defendants-Appellees.
Judges: Before MARTIN, JILL PRYOR, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.
Reporter: West's Bankruptcy Reporter
Volume: 582
Pages: 991–992

Head Matter:
IN RE: Deandre RUSSELL, Debtor. Deandre Russell, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Anthony Ingegneri, Mark Petterson, Mark Griffin, Kelley Askew Gillikin, Defendants-Appellees.
No. 16-16943 Non-Argument Calendar
United States Court of Appeals, Eleventh Circuit.
(February 21, 2018)
Deandre Russell, Pro Se
David Edward Avery, III, Jason Cole Paulk, Robert Joseph Stone, III, State of Alabama, Department of Revenue, Legal Division, Montgomery, AL, for Defendants-Appellees
Before MARTIN, JILL PRYOR, and ANDERSON, Circuit Judges.

Opinion:
PER CURIAM:
Deandre Russell, proceeding pro se, appeals the district court's order affirming the bankruptcy court's dismissal of his adversary proceeding. On appeal, Russell argues that the bankruptcy court erred by dismissing his adversary proceeding instead of sua sponte transferring it to a district court.
We review legal conclusions by both the bankruptcy court and the district court de novo. In re Morris, 950 F.2d 1531 (11th Cir. 1992).
While the dismissal of an underlying bankruptcy case does not automatically strip a federal court of jurisdiction over an adversary proceeding which was related to the bankruptcy case at the time of its commencement, the decision whether to retain jurisdiction over the adversary proceeding is left to the sound discretion of the bankruptcy court or the district court, depending upon where the adversary proceeding is pending. Id. at 1534. We have considered three factors in determining whether jurisdiction over the proceeding should be retained: (1) judicial economy; (2) fairness and convenience to the litigants; and (3) the degree of difficulty of the related legal issues involved. Id. at 1535.
Here, the district court did not err by affirming the bankruptcy court's dismissal of Russell's adversary proceeding. The bankruptcy court correctly applied the Morris factors, noting that the underlying bankruptcy had been dismissed, that discovery had not yet occurred on Russell's claims, that the defendants had not consented to adjudication by the bankruptcy court, and that Russell was seeking a jury trial for his claims.
AFFIRMED.
. Russell's motion for an appeals conference and motion to file an untimely motion for reconsideration of our order denying a stay áre DENIED.