Joseph Zente v. Credit Management, L.P.
Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
1Opinion of the Court
JAMES E. GRAVES, JR., Circuit Judge:
Albeit in the name of Plaintiff-Appellant Joseph Zente, his attorney, Sergei Lem-berg, appeals the district court’s referral of his conduct to the disciplinary committee of the Western District of Texas. We conclude that neither Zente nor Lemberg has standing to appeal that referral, which was not accompanied by any finding of misconduct, and dismiss the appeal.
I. Factual and Procedural Background
This case arises from Defendant-Appel-lee Credit Management, L.P.’s debt-collection phone calls to Zente. Lemberg filed this action for Zente in the Western…
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