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Date Created: 2023-07-14 18:00:51.294553+00
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Case: 22-11000        Document: 00516821018             Page: 1      Date Filed: 07/14/2023

             United States Court of Appeals
                  for the Fifth Circuit                                              United States Court of Appeals
                                     ____________                                             Fifth Circuit

                                                                                            FILED
                                      No. 22-11000                                      July 14, 2023
                                     ____________                                      Lyle W. Cayce
                                                                                            Clerk
   Sprint Corporation,

                                                                      Plaintiff—Appellee,

                                            versus

   Shichinin, L.L.C.,

                                              Defendant—Appellant.
                     ______________________________

                     Appeal from the United States District Court
                         for the Northern District of Texas
                              USDC No. 3:21-CV-2308
                     ______________________________

   Before Graves, Higginson, and Douglas, Circuit Judges.
   Per Curiam:*
         This case stems from a longstanding dispute between Shichinin, LLC
   and Sprint Corporation over a failed joint venture in Hawaii that culminated
   in agreed arbitration proceedings in Texas. A three-arbitrator panel issued a
   final award denying Shichinin’s claims and awarding attorneys’ fees and
   costs to Sprint. After the district court confirmed the arbitration award and
   denied Shichinin’s petition to vacate the award and motion to dismiss, stay

         _____________________
         *
             This opinion is not designated for publication. See 5th Cir. R. 47.5.
Case: 22-11000     Document: 00516821018          Page: 2   Date Filed: 07/14/2023

                                   No. 22-11000

   or transfer, Shichinin filed this appeal. After consideration of the briefs,
   record, and applicable law, we conclude that the matter should be affirmed,
   essentially for the reasons stated by the district court. See Sprint Corp. v.
   Shichinin, LLC, No. 3:21-CV-2308, 2022 WL 4360872 (N.D. Tex. Sept. 20,
   2022). Because the district court did not abuse its discretion or err, we
   AFFIRM.

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