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MACGOWAN v. COX

No. 11-50415. Summary Calendar.

MICHAEL L. MACGOWAN, JR., Plaintiff-Appellant, v. KELLY COX; DERRICK SHYROCK, Defendants-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.

Filed: September 7, 2012.

PER CURIAM.*

Michael L. Macgowan, Jr., filed a pro se suit in federal court alleging admiralty jurisdiction. Macgowan alleged that he rescued a jet ski drifting on Lake LBJ, and he sought $3,000, half the value of the vessel, as a salvage fee. The district court found that Lake LBJ was a landlocked lake, bounded by impassible dams on both ends, and located entirely within a single state. For these reasons, the district court found that...

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