Harrison v. LA Dept of Corrections ( 2022 )

Case: 21-30522 Document: 00516254125 Page: 1 Date Filed: 03/25/2022
United States Court of Appeals
for the Fifth Circuit United States Court of Appeals
Fifth Circuit
FILED
No. 21-30522 March 25, 2022
Summary Calendar
Lyle W. Cayce
Clerk
John Harrison,
Plaintiff—Appellant,
versus
Louisiana Department of Corrections; James M.
LeBlanc, Secretary, Department of Public Safety and Corrections,
Defendants—Appellees.
Appeal from the United States District Court
for the Middle District of Louisiana
USDC No. 3:21-CV-273
Before Barksdale, Costa, and Engelhardt, Circuit Judges.
Per Curiam:*
John Harrison, Louisiana prisoner # 124940 and proceeding pro se,
appeals the dismissal without prejudice of his action seeking relief under 42
*
Pursuant to 5th Circuit Rule 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opinion should not be published and is not precedent except under the limited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 Circuit Rule 47.5.4.
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U.S.C. § 1983. The dismissal was based on Harrison’s failure to follow the
court’s order to, inter alia, correct deficiencies in his complaint.
Harrison’s brief on appeal, however, addresses only the merits of his
claim, rather than the court’s reason for dismissing his action. Accordingly,
he has abandoned any challenge to the court’s judgment. E.g., Brinkmann v.
Dallas Cnty. Deputy Sheriff Abner, 813 F.2d 744, 748 (5th Cir. 1987) (noting
our court “will not raise and discuss legal issues that [appellant] has failed to
assert”).
AFFIRMED.
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