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IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS
FOR THE ELEVENTH CIRCUIT
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No. 20-14271
Non-Argument Calendar
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D.C. Docket No. 1:17-cr-20701-MGC-4
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff-Appellee,
versus
JORGE CONTINO VALHUERDIS,
Defendant-Appellant.
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Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Southern District of Florida
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(May 6, 2021)
Before WILLIAM PRYOR, Chief Judge, WILSON and LAGOA, Circuit Judges.
PER CURIAM:
Jorge Valhuerdis, a federal prisoner, appeals pro se the denial of his motion
to compel trial counsel to supply a copy of the criminal case record. The government
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moves for a summary affirmance and to stay the briefing schedule. The government
argues that Valhuerdis has abandoned any argument that he could have made
challenging the denial of his motion. “[W]e read briefs filed by pro se litigants
liberally,” but Valhuerdis fails to mention, let alone contest the denial of, his motion
to compel in his brief on appeal, so we deem that issue abandoned. See Timson v.
Sampson, 518 F.3d 870, 874 (11th Cir. 2008). Because the “position [of the United
States] . . . is clearly right as a matter of law so that there [is] no substantial question
as to the outcome of the case,” Groendyke Transp., Inc. v. Davis, 406 F.2d 1158,
1162 (5th Cir. 1969), we grant the motion for summary affirmance and dismiss as
moot the motion to stay the briefing schedule.
We AFFIRM the denial of Valheurdis’s motion to compel, and we DISMISS
as moot the motion to stay the briefing schedule.
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