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Summary: Case: 13-30237 Document: 00512379748 Page: 1 Date Filed: 09/19/2013 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED September 19, 2013 No. 13-30237 Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce Clerk HUEY P. GARDNER, Plaintiff–Appellant, v. CADDO PARISH SHERIFF; CADDO PARISH COMMISSION, Defendants–Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana USDC No. 5:12-CV-1915 Before WIENER, OWEN, and HAYNES, Circ
Summary: Case: 13-30237 Document: 00512379748 Page: 1 Date Filed: 09/19/2013 IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals Fifth Circuit FILED September 19, 2013 No. 13-30237 Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce Clerk HUEY P. GARDNER, Plaintiff–Appellant, v. CADDO PARISH SHERIFF; CADDO PARISH COMMISSION, Defendants–Appellees. Appeal from the United States District Court for the Western District of Louisiana USDC No. 5:12-CV-1915 Before WIENER, OWEN, and HAYNES, Circu..
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Case: 13-30237 Document: 00512379748 Page: 1 Date Filed: 09/19/2013
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
September 19, 2013
No. 13-30237
Summary Calendar Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
HUEY P. GARDNER,
Plaintiff–Appellant,
v.
CADDO PARISH SHERIFF; CADDO PARISH COMMISSION,
Defendants–Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Louisiana
USDC No. 5:12-CV-1915
Before WIENER, OWEN, and HAYNES, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Proceeding pro se, Huey P. Gardner filed a civil action, alleging that the
defendants violated his constitutional rights while he was previously a prisoner
at Caddo Correctional Center by keeping him in 24-hour lockdown and
administrative segregation for four months because he refused tuberculosis
testing. During the pendency of his action, Gardner filed a motion for injunctive
relief, arguing that he should be allowed to enter the courthouse with a cellular
phone and without presenting government-issued identification. The district
*
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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not
be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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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court dismissed Gardner’s civil action as frivolous and denied his motion for
injunctive relief.
Although pro se briefs are afforded liberal construction, even pro se
litigants must brief arguments to preserve them. Yohey v. Collins,
985 F.2d 222,
224-25 (5th Cir. 1993). By failing to raise any arguments challenging the district
court’s dismissal of his action, Gardner has abandoned any such challenge. See
id. Accordingly, we AFFIRM the district court judgment dismissing Gardner’s
action. His appeal from the denial of his motion for injunctive relief is
DISMISSED as moot. See Motient Corp. v. Dondero,
529 F.3d 532, 537 (5th Cir.
2008); cf. Ortez v. Chandler,
845 F.2d 573, 574-75 (5th Cir. 1988) (holding that
challenge to bond determination was rendered moot by alien’s subsequent
deportation).
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