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MEDICAL MUTUAL INS. OF NORTH CAROLINA v. LITTAUA

No. 21-1215.

35 F.4th 205 (2022)

MEDICAL MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANY OF NORTH CAROLINA, Plaintiff-Appellant, v. Rebecca Alejandrino LITTAUA; Tri-Cities Infectious Disease Associates, P.C.; Kyung Chun Yeon, Defendant-Appellees.

United States Court of Appeals, Fourth Circuit.

Decided: May 23, 2022.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

ARGUED: Danny Mark Howell , LAW OFFICES OF DANNY M. HOWELL, PLLC, McLean, Virginia, for Appellant. Edward Kyle McNew , MICHIEHAMLETT, PLLC, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellee. ON BRIEF: Robert Jackson Martin, IV , LAW OFFICES OF DANNY M. HOWELL, PLLC, McLean, Virginia, for Appellant. Thomas W. Williamson, Jr. , WILLIAMSON LAW LC, Richmond, Virginia; M. Bryan Slaughter , MICHIEHAMLETT, PLLC, Charlottesville, Virginia, for Appellees.

Affirmed by published opinion. Chief Judge Gregory wrote the opinion, in which Judge Niemeyer and Judge Agee joined.

This appeal requires us to determine whether the district court properly declined to exercise jurisdiction. Because the district court was within its discretion to decline to hear a declaratory judgment action in light of a parallel state-court case, we affirm.

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