UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT
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No. 00-60416
Summary Calendar
Civil Docket #1:98-CV-191-B-D
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SHERMAN HALL,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
RICK HAYES; TOMMY WALLACE; CURTIS AUSTIN; THE CITY OF COLUMBUS,
MISSISSIPPI, POLICE DEPARTMENT,
Defendants-Appellees.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Northern District of Mississippi
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May 9, 2001
Before DAVIS, JONES, and DeMOSS, Circuit Judges.
EDITH H. JONES, Circuit Judge:*
Appellant Hall challenges the dismissal without prejudice
of his § 1983 claim against Columbus, Mississippi police officer
Rick Hayes. On appeal, Hall has briefed and argued only the merits
of his claim that Hayes repeatedly arrested and maliciously
*
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opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited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.
prosecuted him in order to coerce him to become an informant.
Since the merits were never decided, we cannot rule on his claim.
Hall has not briefed the correctness of the district
court’s dismissal, which occurred because Hall did not show up for
trial, having failed to deposit money to cover costs of his
transportation from prison to attend trial. Nor has Hall briefed
whether the court abused its discretion in denying his motion for
relief from judgment. These issues are waived. Hainze v.
Richards, 207 F.3d 795, 798 (5th Cir. 2000).
The judgment of the district court is AFFIRMED.
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