IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 98-40991
Conference Calendar
LIONEL JOHNSON, JR.,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
RUEBEN GONZALEZ,
Defendant-Appellee.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Texas
USDC No. G-93-CV-44
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February 11, 1999
Before BARKSDALE and EMILIO M. GARZA, Circuit Judges.*
PER CURIAM:**
Lionel Johnson, Jr., Texas prisoner # 575110, appeals the
jury verdict in favor of Rueben Gonzalez in his 42 U.S.C. § 1983
complaint. Johnson argues that Gonzalez intentionally withheld
from trial two photographs which depicted the condition of
Johnson’s knee shortly after the incident, Gonzalez’s expert
medical witness was unqualified to testify at the trial, a
defense witness’s trial testimony differed from his deposition
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This matter is being decided by a quorum. 28 U.S.C. §
46(d).
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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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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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testimony, and the jury did not fairly represent a cross section
of the community.
We are unable to review Johnson’s issues, which relate only
to his jury trial, because he has failed to order a transcript of
the trial, and his brief contains no citations to the record or
authorities. Fed. R. App. P. 10(b), 28(a)(9); Richardson v.
Henry, 902 F.2d 414, 416 (5th Cir. 1990); Yohey v. Collins, 985
F.2d 222, 225 (5th Cir. 1993). Although this court applies less
stringent standards to parties proceeding pro se than to parties
represented by counsel and liberally construes briefs of pro se
litigants, pro se parties must still brief the issues and
reasonably comply with the requirements of Fed. R. App. P. 28.
Grant v. Cuellar, 59 F.3d 523, 524 (5th Cir. 1995). Accordingly,
Johnson’s appeal is DISMISSED.