Swift Transportation Company v. Alfred Angulo, Jr.

RILEY, Chief Judge.

Filing this diversity action, 28 U.S.C. § 1332(a), Swift Transportation Company of Arizona, LLC (Swift) sued attorney Alfred F. Angulo, Jr. and the law firm Barrett and Deacon, P.A. (collectively, lawyers), alleging malpractice for failing to file a timely appeal of an adverse judgment in an Arkansas state court action. The district court 1 granted summary judgment to the lawyers. We have appellate jurisdiction under 28 U.S.C. § 1291. Because the district court did not err in granting summary judgment, we affirm.

I. BACKGROUND

A. Factual Background 2

In the early morning hours…