Opinion
No. 13-30237
2013-09-19
HUEY P. GARDNER, Plaintiff—Appellant, v. CADDO PARISH SHERIFF; CADDO PARISH COMMISSION, Defendants—Appellees.
Summary Calendar
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:
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 R. 47.5, the court has determined that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited circumstances set forth in 5TH CIR.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.
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 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).