Quiroz, et al v. Joey Records Inc, et al

In the
United States Court of Appeals
for the Fifth Circuit
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m 05-51159
Summary Calendar
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RAMON QUIROZ; EDGAR CERVERA; PEDRO SAMANIEGO;
JESUS MERCADO; MOISES CONTRERAS, JR.; SOCRATES BUSTAMONTE,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
VERSUS
JOEY RECORDS, INC.; EL ZAZ MUSIC, INC.,
Defendants-Appellees.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Texas
m 7:01-CV-30
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Before SMITH, GARZA, and PRADO,
Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
The appellants challenge a summary judg-
ment on their copyright infringement claim and
* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the court has de-
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*(...continued)
termined that this opinion should not be published
and is not precedent except under the limited cir-
cumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.
United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
F I L E D
June 19, 2006
Charles R. Fulbruge III
Clerk

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the subsequent dismissal for want of jurisdic-
tion. “No action for infringement of copyright
in any United States work shall be instituted
until registration of the copyright claim has
been made in accordance with this title.” 17
U.S.C. § 411(a). Appellants’ admitted failure
to register the disputed materials therefore
bars their action for copyright infringement,
and the district court properly disposed of the
claim. Because the copyright claim was the
sole basis of federal jurisdiction, the court
dismissed the state law claims after granting
summary judgment on the copyright claim.
This action was also proper.1
AFFIRMED.
1 See, e.g., Parker & Parsley Petroleum v.
Dresser Indus., 972 F.2d 580, 585 (5th Cir. 1992)
(“Our general rule is to dismiss state claims when
the federal claims to which they are pendent are
dismissed”).

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