UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT

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No. 00-20468 Summary Calendar _______________________

In the Matter of: JORGE A. LENTINO, MD; EDUARDO P. LENTINO, MD,

Debtors,

MARTA A. LENTINO; JORGE A LENTINO, MD; EDUARDO P. LENTINO, MD,

Appellants,

versus

LOWELL CAGE,

Appellee. _________________________________________________________________

In the Matter Of: JORGE A. LENTINO; EDUARDO P. LENTINO, MD also known as Eduardo Pedro Lentino, also known as E. P. Lentino,

Debtors,

LOWELL CAGE,

Appellee,

versus

‘MARTA A. LENTINO; JORGE A. LENTINO, MD; EDUARDO P. LENTINO, MD,

Appellants,

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Appeal from the United States District Court for the Southern District of Texas Civil Docket No. H-97-CV-498 _________________________________________________________________ November 22, 2000

Before DAVIS, JONES, and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges. EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:*

The essential issue on appeal here is whether the

district court erred by approving a compromise of controversy

between the Chapter 7 trustee and creditor Cullen Frost Bank &

Trust. Among other things, the compromise devalued the debtors’

claims of usury against the bank after the debtors’ testimony

failed to support that theory at trial. We have reviewed the

district court’s order, the briefs, and record excerpts and find no

error of fact or abuse of discretion in the district court’s

decision affirming the trustee’s eminently sensible decision:

AFFIRMED.

* Pursuant to 5TH CIR. R. 47.5, the Court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR. R. 47.5.4.

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