United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
F I L E D
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE FIFTH CIRCUIT January 26, 2005
Charles R. Fulbruge III
Clerk
No. 04-30587
Summary Calendar
EDGAR HERRERA VILLATORO,
Plaintiff-Appellant,
versus
IMMIGRATION AND NATURALIZATION SERVICE,
Defendant-Appellee.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Western District of Louisiana
(2:03-CV-1284)
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Before WIENER, BENAVIDES, and STEWART, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:*
Plaintiff-Appellant Edgar Herrera Villatoro, federal prisoner
# 97107-079, is appealing the district court’s dismissal of his
Bivens1 civil rights complaint for failure to state a claim
pursuant to 28 U.S.C. § 1915(e)(2).
Villatoro has failed to address any of the issues raised in
the district court or its dismissal of his complaint for failure to
state a claim on which relief can be granted. Although we apply
*
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this opinion should not be published and is not precedent except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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Bivens v. Six Unknown Named Agents of Federal Bureau of
Narcotics, 403 U.S. 388 (1971).
less stringent standards to parties proceeding pro se than to
parties represented by counsel and liberally construe the briefs of
pro se litigants, such parties still must brief the issues and
reasonably comply with the requirements of FED. R. CIV. P. 28.
Grant v. Cuellar, 59 F.3d 523, 524 (5th Cir. 1995). Claims not
adequately argued in the body of the brief are deemed abandoned on
appeal. See Yohey v. Collins, 985 F.2d 222, 225 (5th Cir. 1993).
As Villatoro has not briefed any of his claims, we deem them to
have been abandoned on appeal. Id.
The district court’s dismissal of the complaint is AFFIRMED.
Villatoro’s motion for leave of court to file a supplement and
amended brief pursuant to appellate procedure under Rule 28(j) is
DENIED.
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