IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
No. 98-50837
Conference Calendar
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
$69,530.00 IN U.S. CURRENCY,
Defendant,
DANIEL IFY IWEGBU,
Claimant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Texas
USDC No. P-97-CV-4
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December 13, 2000
Before DAVIS, STEWART, and PARKER, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Daniel Ify Iwegbu, federal prisoner #22600-077, appeals from
the forfeiture of $69,530 to the Government in a civil forfeiture
action. Iwegbu lists as issues whether the Government’s
forfeiture complaint was time-barred; whether the complaint was
barred by laches; whether the violation of the Vienna Convention
resulted in violations of the Fifth, Sixth, and Fourteenth
Amendments; and whether the district court abused its discretion
*
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that this opinion should not be published and is not precedent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.
No. 98-50837
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by failing to suppress his alleged confession. Iwegbu provides
no legal arguments to support the contentions he lists for
appeal; he effectively has abandoned his issues for appeal.
Justiss Oil Co. v. Kerr-McGee Ref. Corp., 75 F.3d 1057, 1067 (5th
Cir. 1996). Because Iwegbu has abandoned his issues by failing
to brief them, his appeal is dismissed as frivolous.
APPEAL DISMISSED. 5TH CIR. R. 42.2.