Diane Deckert v. Wachovia Student Financial Services, Inc.

EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judge:

This appeal arises from an action filed by Diane Deckert against First Wachovia Student Financial Services, Inc., now known as Wachovia Student Financial Services, Inc. *817(Wachovia),1 in federal court after she had filed a similar action in Texas state court. The district court, relying on the prior Texas state court judgment and principles of res judicata, dismissed Deckert’s lawsuit. Deckert appeals. We affirm.

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Asserting various causes of action in connection with Wachovia’s servicing of her Texas Guaranteed Student Loan, Deckert initially filed suit against…